{"id":"USN-4860-1","summary":"monit vulnerabilities","details":"Zack Flack discovered that Monit incorrectly handled certain input. A\nremote authenticated user could exploit this to conduct cross-site\nscripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2019-11454)\n\nZack Flack discovered a buffer overread when Monit decoded certain crafted\nURLs. An attacker could exploit this to potentially leak sensitive\ninformation. (CVE-2019-11455)\n","modified":"2026-06-29T13:48:00.234460494Z","published":"2021-03-15T22:47:51Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11454","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11455"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-11454","CVE-2019-11455","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11454","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11455"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4860-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11454"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11455"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"monit","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm2"}]}],"versions":["1:5.5.1-1","1:5.6-1","1:5.6-2","1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"monit","binary_version":"1:5.6-2ubuntu0.1+esm2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-11454","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2019-11455"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4860-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"monit","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.14-2","1:5.15-1","1:5.15-2","1:5.15-3","1:5.16-1","1:5.16-2","1:5.16-2ubuntu0.1","1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:5.16-2ubuntu0.2+esm1","binary_name":"monit"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-11454","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2019-11455","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4860-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"monit","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/monit?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:5.25.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:5.23.0-2","1:5.23.0-4","1:5.25.1-1","1:5.25.1-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"monit","binary_version":"1:5.25.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-11454","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2019-11455"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4860-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}