Out-of-bounds write in www.nagios nrpe



| Updated: 2020-12-11
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-6582
CWE-ID CWE-787
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 nrpe
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor www.nagios.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU48931

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6582

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by interpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number during a bzero call.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nrpe: 3.2.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/
https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0001/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2DNGKXVDB43E3KQRA6W5QZT3Z46XZLQM/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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