What is CVE-2016-2057?

CVE-2016-2057 is a low-severity vulnerability in Xymon, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-2057?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Xymon

CVE-2016-2057

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: 0.005 (38.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Xymon — versions 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2057?: CVE-2016-2057 is a low-severity vulnerability in Xymon, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2016-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-2057?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.