CVE-2004-0276

high

Description

The get_real_string function in Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) 0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request with a sequence of "%" characters and a missing Host field.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15187

http://www.osvdb.org/3921

http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107652610506968&w=2

http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/monkeydos.zip

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-11-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09341