MGASA-2013-0243

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    MGASA-2013-0243

    Published: 11 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4173

    Summary: Updated xymon package fixes security vulnerability.

    Details: A security vulnerability has been found in version 4.x of the Xymon Systems & Network Monitor tool The error permits a remote attacker to delete files on the server running the Xymon trend-data daemon "xymond_rrd". File deletion is done with the privileges of the user that Xymon is running with, so it is limited to files available to the userid running the Xymon service. This includes all historical data stored by the Xymon monitoring system. (CVE-2013-4173)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0243.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10874, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/27/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xymon

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xymon?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.3-11.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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