CVE-2013-7205

nagios: denial of service due to off-by-one flaw in process_cgivars()

Published Jan 14, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 6.4 Medium EPSS 4.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Off-by-one error in the process_cgivars function in contrib/daemonchk.c in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the last key value in the variable list, which triggers a heap-based buffer over-read.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1615-1 nagios3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-6988 Off-by-one error in the process_cgivars function in contrib/daemonchk.c in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the last key value in the variable list, which triggers a heap-based buffer over-read.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3253-1 Nagios vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:01 PM
Reserved
Dec 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 15, 2014, 4:08 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:01 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 20, 2013, 12:00 AM