CVE-2016-2057

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Xymon: 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.2-p1, 4.1.2-p2, 4.2-alfa (+37)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution-Information-Disclosure.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537522/100/0/threaded
https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7891/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution-Information-Disclosure.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537522/100/0/threaded
https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7891/

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