CVE-2012-6096

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6096
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-22 23:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2, 1.7.x before 1.7.4, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) host_name variable (host parameter) or (2) svc_description variable.

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-119 | 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 Icinga Icinga 1.6.0 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.6.1 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.7.0 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.7.1 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.7.2 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.7.3 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.8.0 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.8.1 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.8.2 All All All
Application Icinga Icinga 1.8.3 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 alpha5 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 3.1.0 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.1.1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.1.2 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.2.0 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.2.1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.2.2 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.2.3 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.3.1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.4.0 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.4.1 All All All
Application Nagios Nagios 3.4.2 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
Icinga 1.6.2, 1.7.4, 1.8.4 released | Icinga af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.icinga.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2616-1 nagios3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
893269 – (CVE-2012-6096) CVE-2012-6096 nagios: stack-based buffer overflow in history.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Nagios history.cgi Remote Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Nagios - Nagios Core 3.x Version History af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nagios.org
Nagios Core 'get_history()' Function Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Nagios3 history.cgi Host Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2653-1 icinga af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0140-1: moderate: update for nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA51863 - Icinga history.cgi "show_history()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/89170 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0169-1: moderate: update for icinga af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug #3532: CVE-2012-6096 - history.cgi remote command execution - Core, Classic UI, IDOUtils - Open Source Monitoring af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.icinga.org Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2013:0206-1: moderate: update for icinga af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[Full-disclosure] Nagios Core 3.4.3: Stack based buffer overflow in web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
openSUSE-SU-2013:0188-1: moderate: update for nagios af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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