Check Point Advisories

Nagios XI Autodiscovery Arbitrary Command Execution

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2013-1325
Date Published: 27 Feb 2013
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 09 January, 2025
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Nagios Enterprises Nagios XI 2012 R1.5b and prior
Vulnerability Description An arbitrary command execution vulnerability has been reported in Nagios XI. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of incoming requests sent to the Autodiscovery module. The vulnerability can be exploited by an authenticated attacker by submitting a maliciously crafted job to the Autodiscovery tool. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow injection and execution of arbitrary commands on the affected server in the context of root.

Protection Overview

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

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

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Nagios XI Autodiscovery Arbitrary Command Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Nagios XI Autodiscovery Arbitrary Command Execution

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