Nagios Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:29140

Info

Nagios Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 29140
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-5803
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 10 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 14 2009 06:41PM
Credit: SUSE Linux team
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
Nagios Nagios 2.9
Nagios Nagios 2.8
Nagios Nagios 2.7
Nagios Nagios 2.11
Nagios Nagios 2.10
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 armel
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Nagios Nagios 2.12

Discussion

Nagios Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Nagios is prone to an unspecified cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

The issue affects versions prior to Nagios 2.12.

Exploit / POC

Nagios Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Nagios Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the vendor references for more information.


Debian Linux 4.0 arm

Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc

Debian Linux 4.0 m68k

Debian Linux 4.0 amd64

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 4.0 hppa

Debian Linux 4.0 sparc

Debian Linux 4.0 s/390

Debian Linux 4.0 alpha

Debian Linux 4.0 armel

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Debian Linux 4.0

Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel

Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 4.0 mips

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

Nagios Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

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