CVE-2004-0276 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Monkey HTTP Daemon by sending a malformed HTTP request with percent characters and no Host header.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0276?
CVE-2004-0276 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The get_real_string function in Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) 0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request with a sequence of "%" characters and a missing Host field.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0276?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Monkey-Project Monkey.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0276?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0276 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0276 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0276 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j966-frr2-8mv3.