# CVE-2010-4098: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the monotone version control system by sending an empty argument when remote commands are enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Oct 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-274w-x34j-q3q6

## What is CVE-2010-4098?

CVE-2010-4098 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

monotone before 0.48.1, when configured to allow remote commands, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty argument to the mtn command.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4098?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Monotone Monotone.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-4098?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-4098 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-1166](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-1166/): Path traversal in n/a (low 3.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4098 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-4098 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4098/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4098/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4098
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4098
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4098

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4098/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.