Tildeslash Monit up to 4.3 Beta 2 Administration Interface stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Tildeslash Monit up to 4.3 Beta 2. This impacts an unknown function of the component Administration Interface. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2004-1898. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tildeslash Monit up to 4.3 Beta 2 and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Administration Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 04/03/2004. The weakness was published 04/06/2004 by Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy) (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tildeslash.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-1898 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/25/2024).

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15735), Exploit-DB (580), SecurityFocus (BID 10051†), OSVDB (4981†) and Secunia (SA11304†). Similar entries are available at VDB-22956 and VDB-22954. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

04/03/2004 🔍
04/05/2004 +2 days 🔍
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04/06/2004 +1 days 🔍
04/06/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +268 days 🔍
05/04/2005 +124 days 🔍
08/09/2005 +97 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3499 days 🔍
12/25/2024 +3579 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tildeslash.com
Researcher: Matthew Murphy (mattmurphy)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1898 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1898
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22955
X-Force: 15735
SecurityFocus: 10051 - Multiple Monit Administration Interface Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 11304
OSVDB: 4981 - Monit HTTP Server Basic Authentication Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 8875 - Buffer Overflow in Monit 1.4 - 4.2 Administration Interface via Long Username, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 12/25/2024 10:30
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (69), 06/08/2019 09:48 (2), 12/25/2024 10:30 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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