CVE-2006-2489 (GCVE-0-2006-2489)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-05-19 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4.1 and 2.x before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a content length (Content-Length) HTTP header. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2162.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20060… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/287-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20313 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18059 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20123 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20247 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1822 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Date Public
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