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CVE-2006-2162
Buffer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4 and 2.x before 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4 and 2.x before 2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative content length (Content-Length) HTTP header.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- GLSA-200605-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-282-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-1072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1662 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19998 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- nagios-multiple-scripts-bo(26253) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10297806&forum_id=7890 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17879 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20247 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2163 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-2162)Record last updated .