MGASA-2019-0246 - Updated monit packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 06 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0246.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-11454,
     CVE-2019-11455

Updated monit package fixes security vulnerabilities:

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).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25269
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3971-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11454
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11455

SRPMS:
- 6/core/monit-5.25.3-1.1.mga6

Mageia 2019-0246: monit security update

Updated monit package fixes security vulnerabilities: Zack Flack discovered that Monit incorrectly handled certain input

Summary

Updated monit package fixes security vulnerabilities:
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).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25269

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3971-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11454

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11455

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0246 - Updated monit packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 6/core/monit-5.25.3-1.1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 06 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0246.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-11454, CVE-2019-11455

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