SB2020031632 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in www.nagios nrpe
Published: March 16, 2020 Updated: December 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020031632
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.
CWE-ID: CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CVSSv4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has Insufficient Filtering because, for example, nasty_metachars interprets as the character and the character n (not as the newline sequence). This can cause command injection.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.