Out-of-bounds Write Affecting xymon package, versions <4.3.29-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-XYMON-452553
  • published24 Jul 2019
  • disclosed27 Aug 2019

Introduced: 24 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-13455  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable xymon to version 4.3.29-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xymon package and not the xymon package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In Xymon through 4.3.28, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the alert acknowledgment CGI tool because of &nbsp; expansion in acknowledge.c.