Bug 447802 (CVE-2012-6096)

Summary:	<net-analyzer/nagios-core-3.5.1: history.cgi Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2012-6096)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	andrew, creffett, hu, sysadmin
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://secunia.com/advisories/51537/
Whiteboard:	B3 [glsa]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2012-12-19 10:58:05 UTC

From $URL :

Description
temp66 has reported a vulnerability in Nagios, which can be exploited by malicious people to 
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "get_history()" function (history.c) 
within history.cgi when handling certain parameters, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based 
buffer overflow via an overly long "host" parameter.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 3.4.3. Other versions may also be affected.


Solution
No official solution is currently available.

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2013-01-10 13:29:01 UTC

A fix is available:
http://nagios.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/nagios?view=revision&revision=2547

Comment 2 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2013-01-25 15:31:08 UTC

CVE-2012-6096 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6096):
  Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in
  history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2,
  1.7.x before 1.7.4, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, might allow remote attackers to
  execute arbitrary code via a long (1) host_name variable (host parameter) or
  (2) svc_description variable.

Comment 3 Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-08-28 15:15:50 UTC

@maintainer: Any plans for a bump to a non-affected version as described in CVE?

Comment 4 Chris Reffett (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-09-02 14:30:02 UTC

Bumped to 3.5.1, stabilization requested in bug 501200.

Comment 5 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure

2014-10-05 00:46:42 UTC

Arches, Thank you for your work
Maintainer(s), please drop the vulnerable version.

GLSA Vote: Yes

Comment 6 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure

2014-11-21 03:35:48 UTC

Maintainer(s), please drop the vulnerable version(s).

Comment 7 Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-12-07 20:14:12 UTC

GLSA Vote: Yes. 
New GLSA request filed.

Comment 8 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2014-12-13 19:11:38 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201412-23 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-23.xml
by GLSA coordinator Sean Amoss (ackle).