CVE-2014-2913 Affecting nagios-plugins-nrpe package, versions <0:2.15-2.7.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
15.31% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-NAGIOSPLUGINSNRPE-1674973
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed7 May 2014

Introduced: 7 May 2014

CVE-2014-2913  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 nagios-plugins-nrpe to version 0:2.15-2.7.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-364.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nagios-plugins-nrpe package and not the nagios-plugins-nrpe package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1