CVE-2016-2057 — Vulnetix

CVE-2016-2057 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.10% · 27.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.10%

27.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	xymon	0, 4.3.21-1, 4.3.21-2

Exploit Intelligence

20160214 Xymon: Critical security issues in all versions prior to 4.3.25 (circl)
https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7891/ (circl)
DSA-3495 (circl)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution-Information-Disclosure.html (circl)

Timeline

Apr 13, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2057 third-party-advisory
http://lists.xymon.com/pipermail/xymon/2016-February/042986.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2057 third-party-advisory

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