CVE-2014-2913

Published: May 7, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpe.c in Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) 2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the -a option to libexec/check_nrpe. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple parties. It has been reported that the vendor allows newlines as "expected behavior." Also, this issue can only occur when the administrator enables the "dont_blame_nrpe" option in nrpe.conf despite the "HIGH security risk" warning within the comments

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Nagios Enterprises LLC

commercial·USaka nagios log server, nagios xi, nagios fusion

Remote Plugin ExecutorOn-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

nagios-nrpeOn-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

АО «ИВК»

commercial·RUaka ivk

Альт 8 СП Рабочая станцияOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

nagios

commercial·USaka nagios xi

remote plugin executorOn-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

opensuse

oss-project·DE

opensuseOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00014.html

lists.opensuse.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66969

securityfocus.com

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/155

seclists.org

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