# CVE-2004-1899: The administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to cause an off-by-one overflow via a POST that contains 1024

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-05-10 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to cause an off-by-one overflow via a POST that contains 1024 bytes.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15736
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/changes.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10051
- http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/secadv_20040305.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108119149103696&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11304
- http://www.osvdb.org/4979
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0076.html

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