Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-6582
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the nrpe package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.4% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)4.4%top 8.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Nagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by interpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number during a bzero call.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | nrpe | 4.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-6582 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | nrpe | 4.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-6582 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | nrpe | 4.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-6582 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | nrpe | 4.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-6582 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | nrpe | 4.0.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-6582 |
| Debian:12 | nagios-nrpe | 4.0.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6582 |
| Debian:13 | nagios-nrpe | 4.0.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6582 |
| Debian:14 | nagios-nrpe | 4.0.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6582 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0001/ x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-d436ed655f vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA