CVE-2017-16759 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The installation process in LibreNMS before 2017-08-18 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, related to html/install.php.

Published: 2017-11-09

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:librenms:librenms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-2358	The installation process in LibreNMS before 2017-08-18 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, related to html/install.php.
Github GHSA	GHSA-4ccx-wjqp-5fww	LibreNMS Arbitrary File Read

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02246.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.librenms.org/2017/08/22/librenms-security-fix-during-the-installation-process/
https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/7887b2e1c7158204ac69ca43beafce66e4d3a3b4
https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/d3094fa6578b29dc34fb5a7d0bd6deab49ecc911
https://github.com/librenms/librenms/pull/7184

History

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Subscriptions

Librenms Librenms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-09T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.074Z

Reserved: 2017-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16759

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-09T22:29:00.257

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:09:47.113

Link: CVE-2017-16759

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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