SB2013070909 - Remote code execution in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE)
Published: July 9, 2013 Updated: August 14, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013070909
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1362)
CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via "$()" shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00006.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Feb/119
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24955
- http://www.occamsec.com/vulnerabilities.html#nagios_metacharacter_vulnerability
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807241