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TI-2007-05008 Aliases CVE-2007-5198GHSA-x9h3-fh68-r937

Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10, when running with the -f (follow) option, allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via Location header responses (redirects) with a large number of leading "L" characters.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.08017 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nagios:plugins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.4.9VulnerableNagios
  • cpe:2.3:a:nagios:plugins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.4.9 Vulnerable ·Nagios

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5198
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x9h3-fh68-r937

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 8

Other 4

  • TI-2007-05404 Buffer overflow in the check_snmp function in Nagios Plugins (nagios-plugins) 1.4.10… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2013-03687 The IPXPING_COMMAND in contrib/check_ipxping.c in Nagios Plugins 1.4.16 allows local… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4

Sources

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