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.
CVE-2012-6096 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from nagios, from icinga organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2013-01-22T23:55:03.247
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | nagios | nagios | ≤ 3.4.3 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.1.2 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.2.1 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.2.2 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.2.3 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.3.1 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.4.0 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.4.1 | Yes |
| Application | nagios | nagios | 3.4.2 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.6.0 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.6.1 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.7.0 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.7.1 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.7.2 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.7.3 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.8.0 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.8.1 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.8.2 | Yes |
| Application | icinga | icinga | 1.8.3 | Yes |
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