Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-3971-1

USN-3971-1: Monit vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 May 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Monit

Releases

19.04 18.10

Packages

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)

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
19.04 disco	monit – 1:5.25.2-3ubuntu0.1
18.10 cosmic	monit – 1:5.25.2-1ubuntu0.1

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References

USN-4860-1

USN-4860-1