CVE-2004-1897

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    CVE-2004-1897

    Published: 31 Dec 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051, http://secunia.com/advisories/11304, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2, http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html, http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15734

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High