GLSA 200402-03: Monkeyd Denial of Service vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Monkeyd Denial of Service vulnerability
Date:	02/11/2004
Bugs:	#41156
ID:	200402-03

Synopsis

A bug in get_real_string() function allows for a Denial of Service attack to be launched against the webserver.

Background

The Monkey HTTP daemon is a Web server written in C that works under Linux and is based on the HTTP/1.1 protocol. It aims to develop a fast, efficient and small web server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-servers/monkeyd	< 0.8.2	>= 0.8.2	All supported architectures

Description

A bug in the URI processing of incoming requests allows for a Denial of Service to be launched against the webserver, which may cause the server to crash or behave sporadically.

Impact

Although there are no public exploits known for bug, users are recommended to upgrade to ensure the security of their infrastructure.

Workaround

There is no immediate workaround; a software upgrade is required. The vulnerable function in the code has been rewritten.

Resolution

All users are recommended to upgrade monkeyd to 0.8.2:

    # emerge sync
    # emerge -pv ">=www-servers/monkeyd-0.8.2"
    # emerge ">=www-servers/monkeyd-0.8.2"

References

CVS Patch

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200402-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.