Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Nagios Plugins Affects Remote Web Servers
CVE-2007-5198

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Key Information:

Vendor: Nagios
Status: Plugins
Vendor: CVE Published:; 4 October 2007

What is CVE-2007-5198?

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the redir function within check_http.c of Nagios Plugins prior to version 1.4.10. This vulnerability can be exploited when the plugin is executed with the -f (follow) option. An attacker can craft a specially formatted Location header response from a remote web server that includes an excessive number of leading 'L' characters. If successful, this can lead to arbitrary code execution on the affected system, potentially compromising its integrity and confidentiality.

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