#VU45691 OS Command Injection in Nagios-NRPE - CVE-2013-1362
Published: August 14, 2020 / Updated: August 14, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45691
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1362
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Nagios-NRPE
Nagios-NRPE
Software vendor:
stockholmuniversity
stockholmuniversity
Description
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 updates from vendor's website.
External links
- 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