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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201309-17 ] Monkey HTTP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities

Posted on 25 September 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201309-17
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Monkey HTTP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 25, 2013
Bugs: #471906, #472400, #472644
ID: 201309-17

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Monkey HTTP Daemon,
the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Background
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Monkey HTTP Daemon is a lightweight and powerful web server for
GNU/Linux.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-servers/monkeyd < 1.2.2 >= 1.2.2

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Monkey HTTP Daemon users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/monkeyd-1.2.2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2163
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2163
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-3724
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3724
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-3843
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3843

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-17.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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