Buffer overflow in Nagios Plugins - CVE-2007-5623
Published: July 15, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19179
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5623
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: nagios.org
Affected software:
Nagios Plugins
Nagios Plugins
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in check_snmp function when processing snmpget responses. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted SNMP response to the affected plugin and crash the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2007-5623
Install updates from vendor's website.