Check Point Advisories

Nagios statuswml.cgi Command Execution (CVE-2009-2288)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-3612
Date Published: 3 Dec 2013
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Tuesday 03 November, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2009-2288
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary command execution vulnerability has been reported in Nagios. The vulnerability is due to an input validation flaw in 'statuswml.cgi. A remote attacker can exploit this issue by sending specially crafted data to the vulnerable script. Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target machine.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Nagios statuswml.cgi Command Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Nagios statuswml.cgi Command Execution

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