Monkey HTTP Daemon up to 0.9.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Monkey HTTP Daemon up to 0.9.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-1123. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Monkey HTTP Daemon up to 0.9.0 (Web Server). This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Monkey daemon (monkeyd) before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a request for a zero byte file.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2005. The weakness was presented 04/15/2005 by Ciaran McCreesh with Gentoo (Website). The advisory is shared for download at security.gentoo.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-1123 since 04/16/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18061 (GLSA-200504-14 : monkeyd: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18061), SecurityFocus (BID 13188†), OSVDB (15512†), Secunia (SA14953†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7643†). See VDB-24201 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 18061
Nessus Name: GLSA-200504-14 : monkeyd: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 54916
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200504-14 (monkeyd)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: HTTP Daemon 0.9.1

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security.gentoo.org
Researcher: Ciaran McCreesh
Organization: Gentoo
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1123 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1123
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24868
SecurityFocus: 13188 - Monkey HTTP Daemon Zero Length File Request Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14953 - Monkey HTTP Daemon Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 15512 - Monkey HTTP Zero Byte File Request DoS
Vulnerability Center: 7643 - DoS in Monkey Daemon <0.9.1 via Zero Byte File Request, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 05/31/2019 16:27
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (78), 05/31/2019 16:27 (5)
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