Xymon up to 4.3.28 History Viewer history.c hostname/service memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Xymon up to 4.3.28. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file history.c of the component History Viewer. The manipulation of the argument hostname/service as part of Parameter results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-13485. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Xymon up to 4.3.28. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file history.c of the component History Viewer. The manipulation of the argument hostname/service as part of a Parameter leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Xymon through 4.3.28, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the history viewer component via a long hostname or service parameter to history.c.

The weakness was released 08/27/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at lists.debian.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-13485 since 07/10/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-140940, VDB-140941, VDB-140942 and VDB-140943. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Xymon

Version

• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.3.7
• 4.3.8
• 4.3.9
• 4.3.10
• 4.3.11
• 4.3.12
• 4.3.13
• 4.3.14
• 4.3.15
• 4.3.16
• 4.3.17
• 4.3.18
• 4.3.19
• 4.3.20
• 4.3.21
• 4.3.22
• 4.3.23
• 4.3.24
• 4.3.25
• 4.3.26
• 4.3.27
• 4.3.28

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