CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-2913

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The CVE-2014-2913 vulnerability 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 due to an incomplete blacklist. This issue is disputed by multiple parties.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may face a high security risk if administrators enable the 'dont_blame_nrpe' option in nrpe.conf, allowing attackers to execute unauthorized commands.

Recommendation

It is recommended that administrators do not enable the 'dont_blame_nrpe' option and update NRPE to the latest version to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS