CVE-2013-1362 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary shell commands on Nagios NRPE servers via incomplete blacklist filtering of shell metacharacters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1362?
CVE-2013-1362 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 9 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via "$()" shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1362?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Nagios Remote Plug in Executor, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1362?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2013-1362 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-1362 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1362, GHSA-cp28-pf73-xw7v.