CVE-2017-6188 (GCVE-0-2017-6188)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-22 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25
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Summary
Munin before 2.999.6 has a local file write vulnerability when CGI graphs are enabled. Setting multiple upper_limit GET parameters allows overwriting any file accessible to the www-data user.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96399 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.debian.org/855705 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3794 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://github.com/munin-monitoring/munin/issues/721 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2017-02-22 00:00
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