FKIE_CVE-2006-2162

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-05-03 21:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:24
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4 and 2.x before 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative content length (Content-Length) HTTP header.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/19991
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/19998
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20013
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20215
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20247
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253
secalert@redhat.comhttps://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19991
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19998
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20013
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20247
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nagios nagios *
nagios nagios *

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      ],
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    }
  ],
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              "versionEndIncluding": "1.3",
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    }
  ],
  "evaluatorSolution": "Upgrade to versions 1.4 and 2.3",
  "id": "CVE-2006-2162",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:24:27.570",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
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        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
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  },
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      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/19998"
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    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20013"
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    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20215"
    },
    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20247"
    },
    {
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      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072"
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      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253"
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      "url": "https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806\u0026forum_id=7890"
    },
    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/"
    },
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    }
  ]
}



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