Description
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.
Published: 2007-10-04
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 16.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1495-1 New nagios-plugins packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1495-2 New nagios-plugins packages fix regression
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-532-1 nagios-plugins vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:24:42.201Z

Reserved: 2007-10-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5198

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-04T17:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-5198

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-06-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5198 - Bugzilla

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