Buffer overflow in Xymon - CVE-2019-13484
Published: September 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21083
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13484
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 in the status-log viewer CGI because of expansion in the "appfeed.c". A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption 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-2019-13484
Install updates from vendor's website.
Xymon - update to 4.3.29