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FreeBSD : monkey -- improper input validation vulnerability (4465c897-ee5c-11de-b6ef-00215c6a37bb)

high Nessus Plugin ID 43376

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Census Labs reports :

We have discovered a remotely exploitable 'improper input validation' vulnerability in the Monkey web server that allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by repeatedly crashing worker threads that process HTTP requests.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://census-labs.com/news/2009/12/14/monkey-httpd/

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa257565

http://www.nessus.org/u?d7921f39

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 43376

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4465c897ee5c11deb6ef00215c6a37bb.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 12/22/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:monkey, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2009