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From: Chris Reffett <creffett@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201309-17 ] Monkey HTTP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:15:58
Message-Id: 524319B9.1030006@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201309-17
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Monkey HTTP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 25, 2013
10 Bugs: #471906, #472400, #472644
11 ID: 201309-17
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Monkey HTTP Daemon,
19 the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.
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21 Background
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24 Monkey HTTP Daemon is a lightweight and powerful web server for
25 GNU/Linux.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-servers/monkeyd < 1.2.2 >= 1.2.2
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Monkey HTTP Daemon.
39 Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, resulting in
45 possible arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Monkey HTTP Daemon users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/monkeyd-1.2.2"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2013-2163
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2163
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-3724
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3724
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-3843
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3843
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-17.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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