Monkey HTTP Server 0.4/0.5 - Invalid POST Denial of Service
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CVE-2002-1663 | 19 May 200504:00 | – | cve |
 | CVE-2002-1663 | 19 May 200504:00 | – | cvelist |
 | EUVD-2002-1644 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd |
 | Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) Post_Method Function Crafted Content-Length Header DoS | 13 Nov 200300:00 | – | nessus |
 | CVE-2002-1663 | 31 Dec 200205:00 | – | nvd |
 | POST with empty Content-Length | 3 Nov 200500:00 | – | openvas |
| Monkey HTTP Server <= 0.5.0 DoS Vulnerability | 3 Nov 200500:00 | – | openvas |
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6096/info
A denial of service vulnerability has been reported for Monkey HTTP server. The vulnerability is due to inadequate checks being performed when decoding POST requests.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by issuing a POST request with an invalid Content-Length header, or without a Content-Length value. When the server attempts to service the request, it will crash and lead to the denial of service condition.
POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:2001
Content-Length: 1Data
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14 Oct 2012 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 25
EPSS0.03987