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GLSA-200403-14 : Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Monit
critical Nessus Plugin ID 14465
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200403-14 (Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Monit)A denial of service may occur due to Monit not sanitizing remotely supplied HTTP parameters before passing them to memory allocation functions. This could allow an attacker to cause an unexpected condition that could lead to the Monit daemon crashing.
An overly long http request method may cause a buffer overflow due to Monit performing insufficient bounds checking when handling HTTP requests.
Impact :
An attacker may crash the Monit daemon to create a denial of service condition or cause a buffer overflow that would allow arbitrary code to be executed with root privileges.
Workaround :
A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.
Solution
Monit users should upgrade to version 4.2 or later:# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=app-admin/monit-4.2' # emerge '>=app-admin/monit-4.2'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 14465
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200403-14.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 8/30/2004
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:monit, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2003-1083, CVE-2003-1084
GLSA: 200403-14