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CVE-2016-2054

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4...

9.8 CriticalFix available

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.63%Up 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Record
CVE-2016-2054
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Record
CVE-2016-2054
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3159 No score

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Record
EUVD-2016-3159
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fhw7-jcjc-3vxx 9.8

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4...

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Record
GHSA-fhw7-jcjc-3vxx
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Record
CVE-2016-2054
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2054 9.8

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2054
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2054 9.8

Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2054
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0177 No score

Updated xymon packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated xymon packages fix security vulnerabilities:

The incorrect handling of user-supplied input in the "config" command can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, resulting in denial of service (via application crash) or remote code execution (CVE-2016-2054).

The incorrect handling of user-supplied input in the "config" command can lead to an information leak by serving sensitive configuration files to a remote user (CVE-2016-2055).

The commands handling password management do not properly validate user-supplied input, and are thus vulnerable to shell command injection by a remote user (CVE-2016-2056).

Incorrect permissions on an internal queuing system allow a user with a local account on the xymon master server to bypass all network-based access control lists, and thus inject messages directly into xymon (CVE-2016-2057).

Incorrect escaping of user-supplied input in status webpages can be used to trigger reflected cross-site scripting attacks (CVE-2016-2058).

Note that to effectively fix CVE-2016-2055, the /etc/xymon/xymonpasswd configuration file should be owned by user and group apache with 640 permissions.

Record
MGASA-2016-0177
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xymon
Debian:12
before 4.3.25-1
4.3.25-1
xymon
Debian:13
before 4.3.25-1
4.3.25-1
xymon
Debian:14
before 4.3.25-1
4.3.25-1
xymon
Debian:7
before 4.3.0~beta2.dfsg-9.1+deb7u1, plus listed versions
4.3.0~beta2.dfsg-9.1
4.3.0~beta2.dfsg-9.1+deb7u1
xymon
Debian:8
before 4.3.17-6+deb8u1, plus listed versions
4.3.17-6
4.3.17-6+deb8u1
xymon
Mageia:5
before 4.3.17-5.1.mga5
4.3.17-5.1.mga5

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-2054 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Xymon, published February 28, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.63%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in xymon 4.3.25-1.

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