{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2056","details":"xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the adduser_name argument in (1) web/useradm.c or (2) web/chpasswd.c.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:34:09.627398Z","published":"2016-04-13T16:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:25Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-2056"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2056"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.xymon.com/pipermail/xymon/2016-February/042986.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2056"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xymon","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xymon@4.3.25-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.3.25-1"}]}],"versions":["4.3.21-1","4.3.21-2","4.3.22~beta-1","4.3.24-1","4.3.24-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"xymon","binary_version":"4.3.25-1"},{"binary_name":"xymon-client","binary_version":"4.3.25-1"},{"binary_version":"4.3.25-1","binary_name":"xymon-client-dbgsym"},{"binary_version":"4.3.25-1","binary_name":"xymon-dbgsym"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2056.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}