FKIE_CVE-2007-5198
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-10-04 17:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:45
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the redir function in check_http.c in Nagios Plugins before 1.4.10, when running with the -f (follow) option, allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via Location header responses (redirects) with a large number of leading "L" characters.
References
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