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    CVE-2006-2162

    Buffer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4 and 2.x before 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative content length (Content-Length) HTTP header.

    Published:May 3, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 3, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.01322
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nagios
    Product
    Nagios

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/19991
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19998
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20013
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20247
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
    http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253
    https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19991
    http://secunia.com/advisories/19998
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20013
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20215
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20247
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
    http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_19.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17879
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1662
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26253
    https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/282-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High