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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-2913: NRPE: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-2913: NRPE: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/07/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

** DISPUTED ** Incomplete 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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-analyzer-nrpe

References

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