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SuSE9 Security Update : nagios-www (YOU Patch Number 10984)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41089

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

An integer overflow exists within the handling of HTTP headers by CGIs. This could lead to arbitrary code execution by remote attackers on behalf of the Nagios CGI scripts. CVE-2006-2162 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 10984.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2162/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41089

File Name: suse9_10984.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2162