Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-13455 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
xymon
debian
CWE-787
critical
nessus

Summary

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

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_10E1D580D17411E9A87FA4BADB2F4699.NASL
    descriptionJapheth Cleaver reports : Several buffer overflows were reported by University of Cambridge Computer Security Incident Response Team.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id128584
    published2019-09-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128584
    titleFreeBSD : xymon-server -- multiple vulnerabilities (10e1d580-d174-11e9-a87f-a4badb2f4699)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2019 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(128584);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/31");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-13273", "CVE-2019-13274", "CVE-2019-13451", "CVE-2019-13452", "CVE-2019-13455", "CVE-2019-13484", "CVE-2019-13485", "CVE-2019-13486");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : xymon-server -- multiple vulnerabilities (10e1d580-d174-11e9-a87f-a4badb2f4699)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Japheth Cleaver reports :
    
    Several buffer overflows were reported by University of Cambridge
    Computer Security Incident Response Team."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://lists.xymon.com/archive/2019-July/046570.html"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/10e1d580-d174-11e9-a87f-a4badb2f4699.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5272f6fd"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xymon-server");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/07/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/07");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("freebsd_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"xymon-server<4.3.29")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1898.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities have been found in xymon, the network monitoring application. Remote attackers might leverage these vulnerabilities in the CGI parsing code (including buffer overflows and XSS) to cause denial of service, or any other unspecified impact. For Debian 8
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id128179
    published2019-08-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128179
    titleDebian DLA-1898-1 : xymon security update