GLSA-201309-17 : Monkey HTTP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70129

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201309-17 (Monkey HTTP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Monkey HTTP Daemon.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, resulting in possible arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Monkey HTTP Daemon users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/monkeyd-1.2.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-17

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70129

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201309-17.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 9/26/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:monkeyd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2163, CVE-2013-3724, CVE-2013-3843

BID: 60210, 60333, 60425

GLSA: 201309-17