Buffer overflow in Xymon - CVE-2019-13451

 

Buffer overflow in Xymon - CVE-2019-13451

Published: September 12, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21085
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-2019-13451
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 "history.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

How to mitigate CVE-2019-13451

Install updates from vendor's website.

Xymon - update to 4.3.29

External References

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