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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-6096 EUVD-2012-5966GHSA-976m-29vc-cxx7

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2…

Published Jan 22, 2013 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2, 1.7.x before 1.7.4, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) host_name variable (host parameter) or (2) svc_description variable.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 6.0 icinga 1.0.2-2+squeeze1 DSA-2653-1
Debian 6.0 nagios3 3.2.1-2+squeeze1 DSA-2616-1

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

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Advisories 2

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