CVE-2007-5198
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 8.0%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10, when running with the -f (follow) option, allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via Location header responses (redirects) with a large number of leading "L" characters.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 8.0% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5179)
- Published
- October 4, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5179 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nagios / plugins
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597(Exploit)
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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