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~  Severity: Normal
~     Title: Monkeyd Denial of Service vulnerability
~      Date: February 11, 2004
~      Bugs: #41156
~        ID: 200402-03

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Synopsis
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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.

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 ">=net-www/monkeyd-0.8.2"
~    # emerge ">=net-www/monkeyd-0.8.2"

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/.

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Gentoo: GLSA-200402-03: Monkeyd Denial of Service vulnerability

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

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200402-03
~                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

~  Severity: Normal
~     Title: Monkeyd Denial of Service vulnerability
~      Date: February 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.

==========
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.

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Impact

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