Debian DLA-1767-1 Urgent Security: Monit XSS and Buffer Overflow Fix
debian lts
April 26, 2019
Zack Flack found several issues in monit, a utility for monitoring and managing daemons or similar programs
Topics Covered
Summary
CVE-2019-11454
An XSS vulnerabilitty has been reported that could be prevented by
HTML escaping the log file content when viewed via Monit GUI.
CVE-2019-11455
A buffer overrun vulnerability has been reported in URL decoding.
For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
1:5.9-1+deb8u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your monit packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package: monit
Version: 1:5.9-1+deb8u2
CVE ID: CVE-2019-11454 CVE-2019-11455
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