CVE-2014-2913

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    CVE-2014-2913

    Published: 7 May 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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

    References: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/240, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/242, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166528.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00011.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00005.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00014.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/154, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/155, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66969

    Affected packages

    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