15512 : Monkey HTTP Zero Byte File Request DoS
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Apr 15, 2005

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Apr 15, 2005

Solution
Unknown

Description

 Monkey HTTP contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a malicious user requests a zero byte file, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 0.9.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Eduardo Silva
Watch-list
Monkey HTTP
Watch-list
 0.9.0
0.8.5
0.8.4-2
0.8.4
0.8.4-RC2
0.8.4-RC1
0.8.3
0.8.2
0.8.1
0.8.0
0.7.2
0.7.1
0.7.0
0.6.3
0.6.2
0.6.1
0.6.0
0.5.2
0.5.1
0.5.0
0.4.2
0.4.1-1
0.4.1
0.4.0

References

Tools & Filters
18059
2835

Credit
  • Ciaran McCreesh - Gentoo Linux

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-14 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_0 Availability_impact_1

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