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Alpine Linux: CVE-2014-1878: nagios stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2014-1878: nagios stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/28/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
09/22/2017

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function in cgi/cmd.c in Nagios Core, possibly 4.0.3rc1 and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.6, 1.9 before 1.9.5, and 1.10 before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long message to cmd.cgi.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nagios

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