Description
The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a POST request with an invalid or missing Content-Length header value.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Monkey HTTP Server 0.4/0.5 - Invalid POST Denial of Service EDB-21981 · dos · Nov 2, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20021103 Bug in Monkey Webserver 0.5.0 or minors versions mailing-list
- 6096 vdb-entry
- 7449 third-party-advisory
- monkey-http-post-dos(10529) vdb-entry
- http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt
- 1005507 vdb-entry