{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4338","details":"The mysql user parameter configuration script (userparameter_mysql.conf) in the agent in Zabbix before 2.0.18, 2.2.x before 2.2.13, and 3.0.x before 3.0.3, when used with a shell other than bash, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code or SQL commands via the mysql.size parameter.","modified":"2026-02-04T04:26:20.849837Z","published":"2017-01-23T21:59:00Z","related":["USN-4767-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-4338"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4338"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/May/11"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-10741"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4338"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4767-1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"zabbix","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/zabbix@1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:2.0.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2","1:2.2.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1","1:2.2.0+dfsg-6ubuntu1","1:2.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu3","1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"zabbix-agent","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"zabbix-frontend-php","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"zabbix-java-gateway","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"zabbix-proxy-mysql","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"zabbix-proxy-pgsql","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"zabbix-proxy-sqlite3","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"zabbix-server-mysql","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"},{"binary_name":"zabbix-server-pgsql","binary_version":"1:2.2.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4338.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}