Buffer overflow in Xymon - CVE-2019-13452
Published: September 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21054
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13452
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "reportlog.c" file. A remote attacker can submit malicious input, trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Xymon
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13452
Install updates from vendor's website.
Xymon - update to 4.3.29