Heap-Based Buffer Overflow in Nagios NRPE by Nagios Enterprises
CVE-2020-6582

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Nagios

Status
Remote Plug In Executor
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 March 2020

What is CVE-2020-6582?

The heap-based buffer overflow in Nagios NRPE version 3.2.1 occurs when a small negative number is incorrectly interpreted as a large positive number during the execution of a bzero call. This flaw can lead to severe consequences, potentially allowing an attacker to exploit memory corruption vulnerabilities, leading to arbitrary code execution or crashes in the affected application.

References

https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/
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https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0001/
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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