Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 7, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2014-2913
CVE-2014-2913
Description
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
Affected products
4Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/240nvdExploit
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/242nvdExploit
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166528.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00011.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00014.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/154nvd
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/155nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/66969nvd
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