1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6571-1

USN-6571-1: Monit vulnerability

Publication date

9 January 2024

Overview

Monit could be made to bypass authentication checks for disabled accounts.

Releases

Packages

  • monit - utility for monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs

Details

Youssef Rebahi-Gilbert discovered that Monit did not properly process
credentials for disabled accounts. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to login to the platform with an expired account and a valid
password.

Youssef Rebahi-Gilbert discovered that Monit did not properly process
credentials for disabled accounts. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to login to the platform with an expired account and a valid
password.

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
22.04 jammy monit –  1:5.31.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal monit –  1:5.26.0-4ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic monit –  1:5.25.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
16.04 xenial monit –  1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2+esm2  
14.04 trusty monit –  1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm3  

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