CVE-2013-7205
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-7205 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-01-15 16:08:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | Off-by-one error in the process_cgivars function in contrib/daemonchk.c in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the last key value in the variable list, which triggers a heap-based buffer over-read. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 0.023970000 probability, percentile 0.850990000 (date 2026-05-01)
Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Nagios | Nagios | 3.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Nagios | Nagios | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: denial of service in Nagios (process_cgivars()) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | |
| Security Advisory SA55976 - Nagios "process_cgivars()" Off-By-One Vulnerabilities - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Nagios Core / Nagios Core / Commit [d97e03] | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sourceforge.net | |
| Nagios 'process_cgivars()' Function Off-By-One Error Denial Of Service Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:004 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1615-1] nagios3 security update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.debian.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.