CVE-2014-1878 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Nagios Core and Icinga via a stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd.cgi script.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-1878?
CVE-2014-1878 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Feb 2014. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function in cgi/cmd.c in Nagios Core, possibly 4.0.3rc1 and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.6, 1.9 before 1.9.5, and 1.10 before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long message to cmd.cgi.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1878?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Icinga Icinga, Nagios Nagios.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1878?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-1878 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1878 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DLA-461-1, GHSA-fv88-xv9q-4vg3, MGASA-2014-0186, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1878.