MEDIUM
nagios-plugins check_http buffer overflow
Published Oct 4, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.02%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.02% 0.08017
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08017
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.02% (0.08017) | 94.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.02% (0.08017) | 94.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 23, 2026 | 16.84% (0.16839) | 95.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.46% (0.15460) | 94.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 23.00% (0.22997) | 93.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 15.46% (0.15460) | 93.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.43% (0.13431) | 93.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.15% (0.02155) | 89.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.09% (0.02086) | 89.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 2.05% (0.02049) | 88.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.10% (0.02096) | 87.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 27.99% (0.27992) | 97.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 27.99% (0.27992) | 97.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 27.99% (0.27992) | 95.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (24)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194178 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27124 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27362 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27609 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27965 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28930 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29862 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=740172 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1687867&group_id=29880&atid=397597 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1813346&group_id=29880&atid=397597 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1495 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:067 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_25_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25952 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-532-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3394 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5198 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=315101 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5198
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5198
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00249.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00282.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00320.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 4, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 4, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5198
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a