USN-4860-1

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    USN-4860-1

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: monit vulnerabilities

    Details: 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 potentially leak sensitive information. (CVE-2019-11455)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4860-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11454, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11455

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: monit

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm2

    Affected versions

    1:5.5.1-1

    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