MGASA-2018-0490

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    MGASA-2018-0490

    Published: 26 Dec 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated monit packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: There is a use-after-free in monit that shows up if you run it for a while on an active system with address sanitizer enabled.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0490.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24049, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/23/2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: monit

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/monit?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.22.0-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

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