What is CVE-2012-6096?

CVE-2012-6096 is a vulnerability in Icinga, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-01-22.

Is CVE-2012-6096 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Icinga

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.664 (99.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Icinga — versions 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.7.0
Nagios — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6096?: CVE-2012-6096 is a vulnerability in Icinga, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-01-22.
Is CVE-2012-6096 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.