openSUSE 10 Security Update : nagios-www (nagios-www-1311)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27360

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

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

Update the affected nagios-www package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27360

File Name: suse_nagios-www-1311.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nagios-www, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

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

Detections

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