MGASA-2019-0246

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    MGASA-2019-0246

    Published: 6 Sept 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated monit packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: 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://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0246.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25269, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3971-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: monit

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.25.3-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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