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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11924
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Monkey HTTP Server <= 0.5.0 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:Monkey HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Monkey HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The product crashes when it receives an incorrect POST command
with an empty 'Content-Length:' field.

Vulnerability Impact:
An attacker may use this bug to disable your server, preventing
it from publishing your information.

Affected Software/OS:
Monkey HTTP Server version 0.5.0 is known to be affected. Other
versions or products might be affected as well.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1663
BugTraq ID: 6096
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6096
Bugtraq: 20021103 Bug in Monkey Webserver 0.5.0 or minors versions (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0023.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005507
http://secunia.com/advisories/7449
XForce ISS Database: monkey-http-post-dos(10529)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10529
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi

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