CVE-2006-2162

Published: May 3, 2006Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4 and 2.x before 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative content length (Content-Length) HTTP header.

Affected (2)

Products: Nagios: Nagios

Nagios

1 product

Nagios

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Nagios Nagios	Up to 1.3
Nagios Nagios	Up to 2.2

References (28)

http://secunia.com/advisories/19991

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/19998

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/20013

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/20215

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/20247

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/19991