SB2019060535 - Out-of-bounds read in monit (Alpine package)



SB2019060535 - Out-of-bounds read in monit (Alpine package)

Published: June 5, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019060535
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11455)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing parameters passed via HTTP GET or POST requests within the Util_urlDecode() function in util.c. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.