CVE-2007-5198

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Nagios Plugins 1.4.2/1.4.9 - Location Header Remote Buffer Overflow2007-07-16 · dos · linux · Verified

Impact

Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10, when running with the -f (follow) option, allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via Location header responses (redirects) with a large number of leading "L" characters.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
• http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27965