CVE-2006-2162

N/A Unknown
Published: May 03, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4 and 2.x before 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative content length (Content-Length) HTTP header.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19991
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19998
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20013
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20247
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19991
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/19998
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/20013
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/20247
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

28 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

nagios