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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4678 · published 26 August 2012

CVE-2012-4678: Munin-monitoring munin vulnerability

Munin Monitoring · Munin

munin-cgi-graph for Munin 2.0 rc4 does not delete temporary files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via many requests to an image with unique parameters.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.2% · top 18.0% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

munin-cgi-graph for Munin 2.0 rc4 does not delete temporary files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via many requests to an image with unique parameters.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668667
http://munin-monitoring.org/changeset/4825
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/29/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53034
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812889
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668667
http://munin-monitoring.org/changeset/4825
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/16/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/18/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/29/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53034
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812889

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4678), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.