CVE catalog
CVE-2012-6096
nagios3 - buffer overflow vulnerability
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 66.45% · Oct 27, 2026
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_history function in history.cgi in Nagios Core before 3.4.4, and Icinga 1.6.x before 1.6.2, 1.7.x before 1.7.4, and 1.8.x before 1.8.4, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) host_name variable (host parameter) or (2) svc_description variable.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | icinga | 6.0 | 1.0.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | icinga | 6.0 | 1.0.2-2+squeeze1 | fixed |
| Debian | nagios3 | 6.0 | 3.2.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nagios3 | 6.0 | 3.2.1-2+squeeze1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | icinga | deb | 6.0 | 1.0.2-2+squeeze1 | Not reported | DSA-2653-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | nagios3 | deb | 6.0 | 3.2.1-2+squeeze1 | Not reported | DSA-2616-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10182-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-2616-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-2653-1]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2012/cve-2012-6096.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]