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
Published May 10, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.67%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- 1.4
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.2
- 4.3_beta_2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.67% (0.08671) | 94.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.67% (0.08671) | 94.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 4, 2026 | 7.43% (0.07426) | 91.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 23, 2025 | 9.64% (0.09643) | 92.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.46% (0.08460) | 91.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.68% (0.09684) | 88.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.46% (0.08460) | 91.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.65% (0.05648) | 93.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 6.06% (0.06059) | 93.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.64% (0.06637) | 92.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11304 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15734 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/11304 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15734 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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