CVE-2019-13486 — In Xymon through 4

In Xymon through 4.3.28, a stack-based buffer overflow exists in the status-log viewer component because of   expansion in svcstatus.c.

01What is this vulnerability?

In Xymon through 4.3.28, a stack-based buffer overflow exists in the status-log viewer component because of   expansion in svcstatus.c.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-08-27T16:01:29.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T23:57:38.661Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/svn2github/xymon/blob/master/branches/4.3.28/web/svcstatus.c
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00032.html
• lists.xymon.com — https://lists.xymon.com/archive/2019-July/046570.html