NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nagios package, versions [,4.4.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NAGIOS-2370104
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed12 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13441  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nagios to version 4.4.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference qh_help in Nagios Core version 4.4.1 and earlier is prone to a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability, which allows attacker to cause a local denial-of-service condition by sending a crafted payload to the listening UNIX socket.

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