CVE-2004-1897

CVE-2004-1897 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the administration interface of Monit versions 1.4 through 4.2. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a segmentation fault by sending a Basic Authentication request without a password, leading to a null pointer decrement and out-of-bounds read. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. While no active exploitation is reported, a public exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.