Debian DSA-1072-1 : nagios - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22614

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A buffer overflow has been discovered in nagios, a host, service and network monitoring and management system, that could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the nagios package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain nagios packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-cvs.20050402-2.sarge.2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22614

File Name: debian_DSA-1072.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nagios, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2162, CVE-2006-2489

BID: 17879

DSA: 1072

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