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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200404-16 |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Multiple new security vulnerabilities in monit |
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Date: April 19, 2004 |
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Bugs: #47631 |
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ID: 200404-16 |
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Synopsis |
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Two new vulnerabilities have been found in the HTTP interface of monit, |
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possibly leading to denial of service or execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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Monit is a system administration utility that allows management and |
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monitoring of processes, files, directories and devices on a Unix |
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system. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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app-admin/monit <= 4.2 >= 4.2.1 |
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Description |
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Monit has several vulnerabilities in its HTTP interface : a buffer |
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overflow vulnerability in the authentication handling code and a |
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off-by-one error in the POST method handling code. |
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Impact |
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An attacker may exploit the off-by-one error to crash the Monit daemon |
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and create a denial of service condition, or cause a buffer overflow |
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that would allow arbitrary code to be executed with root privileges. |
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Workaround |
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A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are |
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advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package. |
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Resolution |
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Monit users should upgrade to version 4.2.1 or later: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=app-admin/monit-4.2.1" |
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# emerge ">=app-admin/monit-4.2.1" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-16.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 |
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