CVE-2002-1663 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-05-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 8.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1644	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08528.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0023.html
http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/7449
http://securitytracker.com/id?1005507
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6096
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10529

History

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Subscriptions

Monkey-project Monkey

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-19T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:34:55.904Z

Reserved: 2005-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1663

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-1663

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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