CVE-2013-7205 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Authenticated remote attackers can read sensitive memory or crash Nagios Core via a long string in CGI variables due to an off-by-one error.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-7205?

CVE-2013-7205 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Jan 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the process_cgivars function in contrib/daemonchk.c in Nagios Core 3.5.1, 4.0.2, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in the last key value in the variable list, which triggers a heap-based buffer over-read.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7205?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nagios Nagios.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7205?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-7205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m23h-2mvj-h557, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7205.

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