Title : Nagios CGI Scripts "Content-Length" Header Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-1822 CVE ID : CVE-2006-2489
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-05-16
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Nagios, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to integer overflow errors in various CGI scripts that do not properly handle a specially crafted "Content-Length" HTTP header value, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash or compromise a vulnerable system.
