CVE-2004-1897
Administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2004-1897- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2004-1897- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2004-1890 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2004-1890- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hjrq-qr8g-2fxf No score
Administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
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.
- Record
GHSA-hjrq-qr8g-2fxf- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2004-1897- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2004-1897 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1897- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Monit 4.2 - Remote Buffer Overflow | 2004-04-12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2004-1897 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in monit, published December 31, 2004. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.67%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in monit 1:4.2.1-1.
References
tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html
securityfocus.com/bid/10051
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2
secunia.com/advisories/11304
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15734
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1897
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjrq-qr8g-2fxf
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1897