CVE-2004-1898
Stack-based buffer overflow in the administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 16.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-10 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bf3795515b30694587369e6e3a80d88b1a7f62cca073847e5a14da3a6f47847d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.tildeslash.comhttp://www.tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html
- www.securityfocus.com10051http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051
- www.tildeslash.comhttp://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt
- marc.info20040405 Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Monithttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2
- www.osvdb.org4981http://www.osvdb.org/4981
- secunia.com11304http://secunia.com/advisories/11304
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commonit-offbyone-bo(15735)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15735
- archives.neohapsis.com20040405 [VulnWatch] Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Monithttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0076.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- monit Fixed in 1:4.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- monit Fixed in 1:4.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- monit Fixed in 1:4.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.