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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2489 · published 19 May 2006

CVE-2006-2489: Nagios vulnerability

Nagios · Nagios

Integer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4.1 and 2.x before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a content length (Content-Length) HTTP header. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2162.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.4% · top 7.6%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in CGI scripts in Nagios 1.x before 1.4.1 and 2.x before 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a content length (Content-Length) HTTP header. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2162.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20123 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20247
http://secunia.com/advisories/20313
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18059
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1822
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26454
https://usn.ubuntu.com/287-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/20123 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20247
http://secunia.com/advisories/20313
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1072
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-07.xml
http://www.nagios.org/development/changelog.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18059
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1822
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26454
https://usn.ubuntu.com/287-1/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2489), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.