Information disclosure in Xymon and Debian Linux - CVE-2016-2055
Published: April 13, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40383
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2055
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files in the configuration directory via a "config" command.
Affected software
Xymon
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2016-2055
Install update from vendor's website.