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Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) < 0.9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 18059

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Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of the Monkey HTTP Server installed on the remote host suffers from the following flaws :

 - A Format String Vulnerability A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running monkeyd by sending a specially- crafted request.

 - A Denial of Service Vulnerability Repeatedly requesting a zero-byte length file, if one exists, could cause the web server to crash.

Solution

Upgrade to monkeyd 0.9.1 or later.

See Also

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87916

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18059

File Name: monkeyd_091.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/15/2005

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:monkey-project:monkey_http_daemon

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1122, CVE-2005-1123

BID: 13187, 13188

GLSA: 200504-14