Improper Input Validation Affecting monkey/monkey package, versions [,1.5.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MONKEYMONKEY-2366107
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Aug 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-5336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade monkey/monkey to version 1.5.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via an HTTP request that triggers an error message.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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