Out-of-bounds Write Affecting nagios-nrpe package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.44% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-NAGIOSNRPE-560407
  • published17 Mar 2020
  • disclosed16 Mar 2020

Introduced: 16 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-6582  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 nagios-nrpe.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nagios-nrpe package and not the nagios-nrpe package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by interpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number during a bzero call.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1