Gentoo: 200402-03 Normal: Monkeyd Denial of Service Attack

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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
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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
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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.

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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
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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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