medium
6.8
CWE
352
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2008-5028: CSRF

First published: Mon Nov 10 2008(Updated: )

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in cmd.cgi in (1) Nagios 3.0.5 and (2) op5 Monitor before 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to send commands to the Nagios process, and trigger execution of arbitrary programs by this process, via unspecified HTTP requests.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Nagios Plugins=3.0-alpha3
Nagios Plugins=2.0b5
Nagios Plugins=2.7
Nagios Plugins=2.4
Nagios Plugins=3.0-rc3
op5 Monitor<=4.0.0
Nagios Plugins=3.0-beta4
Nagios Plugins=2.0b6
Nagios Plugins=1.0b3
Nagios Plugins=1.1
Nagios Plugins=3.0-alpha2
Nagios Plugins=2.1
op5 Monitor=3.3.1
Nagios Plugins=1.0b6
Nagios Plugins=3.0.1
Nagios Plugins=1.0
Nagios Plugins=2.3.1
Nagios Plugins=3.0-beta5
Nagios Plugins=2.2
Nagios Plugins=3.0-rc1
op5 Monitor=3.2
Nagios Plugins=2.0b2
op5 Monitor=2.8
op5 Monitor=3.2.4
Nagios Plugins=1.0b4
Nagios Plugins=3.0.2
Nagios Plugins=2.5
Nagios Plugins=2.0b4
Nagios Plugins=2.8
Nagios Plugins<=3.0.4
Nagios Plugins=3.0-beta2
Nagios Plugins=2.10
Nagios Plugins=1.2
Nagios Plugins=3.0-beta7
Nagios Plugins=3.0-rc2
Nagios Plugins=1.0b5
op5 Monitor=3.3.3
Nagios Plugins=1.0_b3
Nagios Plugins=2.0b1
op5 Monitor=2.6
Nagios Plugins=3.0
Nagios Plugins=2.0
Nagios Plugins=1.4
Nagios Plugins=3.0-alpha1
Nagios Plugins=1.4.1
Nagios Plugins=3.0-beta6
Nagios Plugins=2.0b3
Nagios Plugins=1.3
Nagios Plugins=2.11
Nagios Plugins=3.0-alpha4
op5 Monitor=3.0.0
Nagios Plugins=2.0rc1
Nagios Plugins=3.0-beta1
Nagios Plugins=1.0_b1
Nagios Plugins=2.3
Nagios Plugins=1.0b1
Nagios Plugins=3.0-beta3
Nagios Plugins=3.0.3
op5 Monitor=3.3.2
Nagios Plugins=1.0b2
Nagios Plugins=2.9
Nagios Plugins=1.0_b2
Nagios Plugins=2.0rc2
op5 Monitor=2.4
op5 Monitor=3.0

Remedy

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4914396D.5010009%40op5.se&forum_name=nagios-devel

Remedy

http://www.op5.com/support/news/389-important-security-fix-available-for-op5-monitor

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2008-5028?

    CVE-2008-5028 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its ability to allow unauthorized command execution.

  • How do I fix CVE-2008-5028?

    To fix CVE-2008-5028, update Nagios to version 3.0.6 or later and op5 Monitor to version 4.0.1 or later.

  • What systems are affected by CVE-2008-5028?

    CVE-2008-5028 affects Nagios versions up to 3.0.5 and op5 Monitor versions prior to 4.0.1.

  • What type of vulnerability is CVE-2008-5028?

    CVE-2008-5028 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

  • What can attackers do with CVE-2008-5028?

    Attackers can exploit CVE-2008-5028 to send commands that trigger the execution of arbitrary programs on the Nagios process.

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