Stack-based buffer overflow in Xymon - CVE-2019-13485
Published: September 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21060
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13485
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing a long hostname or service parameter in history.c within the in the history viewer component. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Xymon
Amazon Linux AMI
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Opensuse
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Amazon Linux AMI
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Opensuse
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13485
Install update from vendor's website.
Xymon - update to 4.3.29