Nagios Remote Content-Length Integer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:18059

CVE-2006-2489 |

Info

Nagios Remote Content-Length Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 18059
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2006-2489
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 22 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 15 2007 12:35AM
Credit: Sean Finney and Debian are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
Nagios Nagios 1.0 b4
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
- SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
- SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
Nagios Nagios 1.0 b3
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
- SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
- SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
Nagios Nagios 1.0 b2
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
- SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
- SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
Nagios Nagios 1.0 b1
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
- Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
- Debian Linux 2.2 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2 68k
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
- Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
- Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
- Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
- Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
- SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
- SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
- SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
- SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
- SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
Nagios Nagios 2.3
Nagios Nagios 2.2
Nagios Nagios 1.4
Nagios Nagios 1.3
Nagios Nagios 0
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: Nagios Nagios 2.3.1
Nagios Nagios 1.4.1

Discussion

Nagios Remote Content-Length Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Nagios is prone to a remote integer-overflow vulnerability. The application fails to properly ensure that user-supplied input doesn't overflow integer values. This may result in user-supplied data being copied past the end of a memory buffer.

This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of hosting webservers.

Nagios versions prior to 2.3.1 are vulnerable to this issue.

This issue is very similar to BID 17879 (Nagios Remote Negative Content-Length Buffer Overflow Vulnerability), but is a separate issue.

Exploit / POC

Nagios Remote Content-Length Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

Nagios Remote Content-Length Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 2.3.1 of Nagios to address this issue.

Please see the referenced advisories for further information on obtaining and applying fixes.


Nagios Nagios 2.2

Nagios Nagios 1.4

Nagios Nagios 1.3

Nagios Nagios 2.3

References

Nagios Remote Content-Length Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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