Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) Post_Method Function Crafted Content-Length Header DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11924

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Synopsis

The remote web server is susceptible to a denial of service attack.

Description

The remote Monkey Web Server crashes when it receives an incorrect POST command with an empty 'Content-Length:' field.

Solution

Upgrade to Monkey version 0.5.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11924

File Name: monkeyweb_post_DoS.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 11/13/2003

Updated: 5/16/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Default unsupported software score.

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2002-1663

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1663

BID: 6096

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