CVE-2006-2162

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-2162
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-03 21:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.013220000 probability, percentile 0.799110000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All
Application Nagios Nagios All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1072-1 nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Ubuntu update for nagios - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-282-1: Nagios vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Nagios Remote Negative Content-Length Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Secunia - Advisories - Nagios Content-Length Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Nagios: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Nagios: Changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nagios.org
Debian update for nagios - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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