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CVE-2007-5198

Date: October 4, 2007

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.

Severity Score

5.6

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27362

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1

Url: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html

Url: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27609

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-5198

Url: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/28930

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27124

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5198

Url: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27965

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29862

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-5198

Severity Score

5.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.6
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2007-5198

Date: October 4, 2007

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