{"id":"MGASA-2020-0247","summary":"Updated nrpe packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Updated nrpe packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nNagios NRPE 3.2.1 has Insufficient Filtering because, for example,\nnasty_metachars interprets \\n as the character \\ and the character n\n(not as the \\n newline sequence). This can cause command injection\n(CVE-2020-6581).\n\nNagios NRPE 3.2.1 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow, as demonstrated by\ninterpretation of a small negative number as a large positive number\nduring a bzero call (CVE-2020-6582).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T00:10:15.019933695Z","published":"2020-06-10T22:26:12Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-6581","CVE-2020-6582"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0247.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26482"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0001/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://herolab.usd.de/security-advisories/usd-2020-0002/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/4HL6LSLRKKPUIY2PIWFGZ7QMM7FKARMR/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nrpe","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/nrpe?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.1-3.2.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0247.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}