MGASA-2020-0247: nrpe Mageia

Published
Published 10-06-2020Last modified 16-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2020-0247 is a vulnerability in nrpe Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2020-6581CVE-2020-6582

Timeline

  1. 10-06-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated nrpe packages fix security vulnerability Updated nrpe packages fix security vulnerabilities: Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has Insufficient Filtering because, for example, nasty_metachars interprets \n as the character \ and the character n (not as the \n newline sequence). This can cause command injection (CVE-2020-6581). Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by interpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number during a bzero call (CVE-2020-6582).

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EPSS trend

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CISA KEV

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ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • nrpe< 3.2.1-3.2.mga7

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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