CVE-2012-6096 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2012-December/089125.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00033.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00060.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00077.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00088.html http://secunia.com/advisories/51863 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2616 http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2653 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24084 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24159 http://www.nagios.org/projects/nagioscore/history/core-3x http://www.osvdb.org/89170 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56879 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893269 https://dev.icinga.org/issues/3532 https://www.icinga.org/2013/01/14/icinga-1-6-2-1-7-4-1-8-4-released/