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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-2162 Detail

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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Evaluator Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.4 and 2.3

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19991 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19998 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20013 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20215 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20247 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2162
NVD Published Date:
05/03/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.