Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Xymon and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-2057
Published: April 13, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40381
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2057
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to manipulate data.
lib/xymond_ipc.c in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 use weak permissions (666) for an unspecified IPC message queue, which allows local users to inject arbitrary messages by writing to that queue.
Affected software
Xymon
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2057
Install update from vendor's website.