#VU40973 Format string error in RRDtool - CVE-2013-2131
Published: January 4, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40973
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2131
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
RRDtool
RRDtool
Software vendor:
Tobias Oetiker
Tobias Oetiker
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Format string vulnerability in the rrdtool module 1.4.7 for Python, as used in Zenoss, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers to the rrdtool.graph function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/18/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/19/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/31/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969296
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/issues/396
- https://github.com/oetiker/rrdtool-1.x/pull/397