CVE-2004-1897 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.7% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by sending a Basic Authentication request without a password, which causes Monit to decrement a null pointer and perform an out-of-bounds read.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.67% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| tildeslash | monit |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Monit 4.2 - Remote Buffer Overflow | 2004-04-12 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11304
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15734
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11304
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15734
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