CVE-2009-2288

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2288
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-01 13:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionstatuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2) Traceroute parameters.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nagios Nagios 1.0 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 1.0b1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 1.0b2 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 1.0b4 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 1.1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 1.4.1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 2.0 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 2.0b4 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 2.10 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 2.7 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 alpha1 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 alpha2 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 alpha3 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 alpha4 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 beta1 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 beta2 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 beta3 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 beta4 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 beta5 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 beta6 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 beta7 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 rc1 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 rc2 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0 rc3 All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0.1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0.2 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0.3 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0.4 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0.5 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.0.6 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
Ubuntu update for nagios2 and nagios3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Nagios "statuswml.cgi" Command Injection Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Nagios Input Validation Flaw in 'statuswml.cgi' Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian update for nagios2 and nagios3 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
HP Insight Control Suite For Linux Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1825-1 nagios2, nagios3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'[security bulletin] HPSBMA02513 SSRT090110 rev.1 - Insight Control for Linux (IC-Linux) Remote Execu' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
USN-795-1: Nagios vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Nagios Enterprises · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tracker.nagios.org Exploit
Nagios - Nagios 3 Version History af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nagios.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Nagios: Execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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