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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.1621
USN-3971-1: Monit vulnerabilities
9 May 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Monit
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account
Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-11455 CVE-2019-11454
Reference: ESB-2019.1450
Original Bulletin:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3971-1/
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USN-3971-1: Monit vulnerabilities
8 May 2019
Monit vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
o Ubuntu 19.04
o Ubuntu 18.10
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Monit
Software Description
o monit - utility for monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs
Details
Zack Flack discovered that Monit incorrectly handled certain input. A remote
authenticated user could exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
attacks. (CVE-2019-11454)
Zack Flack discovered a buffer overread when Monit decoded certain crafted
URLs. An attacker could exploit this to leak potentially sensitive information.
(CVE-2019-11455)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
monit - 1:5.25.2-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.10
monit - 1:5.25.2-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://
wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades .
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2019-11454
o CVE-2019-11455
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