GLSA 200504-14: monkeyd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | high |
Title: | monkeyd: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 04/15/2005 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 200504-14 |
Synopsis
Format string and Denial of Service vulnerabilities have been discovered in the monkeyd HTTP server, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.Background
monkeyd is a fast, efficient, small and easy to configure web server for Linux.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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www-servers/monkeyd | < 0.9.1 | >= 0.9.1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered a double expansion error in monkeyd, resulting in a format string vulnerability. Ciaran McCreesh of Gentoo Linux discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability, a syntax error caused monkeyd to zero out unallocated memory should a zero byte file be requested.
Impact
The format string vulnerability could allow an attacker to send a specially crafted request to the monkeyd server, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running monkeyd. The DoS vulnerability could allow an attacker to disrupt the operation of the web server, should a zero byte file be accessible.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All monkeyd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/monkeyd-0.9.1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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