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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-5198 · published 4 October 2007

CVE-2007-5198: Nagios plugins memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Nagios · Plugins

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.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 8.0% · top 5.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
8.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
40References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/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://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597 Exploit
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178
http://secunia.com/advisories/27124
http://secunia.com/advisories/27362
http://secunia.com/advisories/27609
http://secunia.com/advisories/27965
http://secunia.com/advisories/28930
http://secunia.com/advisories/29862
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597 Exploit
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-5198), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.