CVE-2014-2913

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2913
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-07 10:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionIncomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpe.c in Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) 2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the -a option to libexec/check_nrpe. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple parties. It has been reported that the vendor allows newlines as "expected behavior." Also, this issue can only occur when the administrator enables the "dont_blame_nrpe" option in nrpe.conf despite the "HIGH security risk" warning within the comments

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: NVD-CWE-Other | 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 Remote Plugin Executor All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: nrpe-2.15-7.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Nagios Remote Plugin Executor 'nrpe.c' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Full Disclosure: Re: NRPE - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Full Disclosure: NRPE - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:0603-1: moderate: update for nagios-nrpe af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:0594-1: moderate: update for nrpe af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0682-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
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