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ubuntu-cve-2013-7205

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-01-15 00:00

Modified

2025-09-08 16:43

Summary

Details

Off-by-one error in the process_cgivars function in contrib/daemonchk.c in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the last key value in the variable list, which triggers a heap-based buffer over-read.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7205	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3253-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7205	REPORT

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CVE-2013-7205 (GCVE-0-2013-7205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:01

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64489	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/24/1	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/55976	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2013-12-20 00:00

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usn-3253-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-04-03 17:42

Modified

2026-02-10 04:41

Summary

nagios3 vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long strings. A remote authenticated attacker could use this issue to cause Nagios to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2013-7108, CVE-2013-7205)

It was discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled certain long messages to cmd.cgi. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Nagios to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-1878)

Dawid Golunski discovered that Nagios incorrectly handled symlinks when accessing log files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to elevate privileges. In the default installation of Ubuntu, this should be prevented by the Yama link restrictions. (CVE-2016-9566)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3253-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7108	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7205	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1878	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9566	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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ubuntu-cve-2013-7205

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2013-7205 (GCVE-0-2013-7205)

usn-3253-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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