CVE-2016-2057 (GCVE-0-2016-2057)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-13 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI?
Summary
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.
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