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CVE-2014-2913

Publication date 7 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

** DISPUTED ** Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpe.c in Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) 2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the -a option to libexec/check_nrpe. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple parties. It has been reported that the vendor allows newlines as "expected behavior." Also, this issue can only occur when the administrator enables the "dont_blame_nrpe" option in nrpe.conf despite the "HIGH security risk" warning within the comments.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nagios-nrpe 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish Ignored
21.04 hirsute Ignored
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored
19.04 disco Ignored
18.10 cosmic Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.10 yakkety Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored
15.04 vivid Ignored
14.10 utopic Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored
12.10 quantal Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored

Notes

seth-arnold

I marked this 'low' because arguments are discouraged for many environments, access to NRPE can be restricted with firewalling or other user access controls, and this might plausibly be a feature.