CVE-2014-1878 (GCVE-0-2014-1878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:58
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2322 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2014-02-17 00:00
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