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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM : Monit vulnerability (USN-6571-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187788

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM / 22.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6571-1 advisory.

 Youssef Rebahi-Gilbert discovered that Monit did not properly process credentials for disabled accounts.
 An attacker could possibly use this

 issue to login to the platform with an expired account and a valid

 password.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected monit package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6571-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187788

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6571-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/9/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26563

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:monit, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26563

USN: 6571-1