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CVE-2006-2162: nagios

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 03-05-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-2162 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in nagios. EPSS estimates a 4.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DSA-1072-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11073-1

Timeline

  1. 03-05-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.73% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Nagios1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

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