PT-2005-2139 · Monkey · Monkeyd

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2005-04-14 · Updated 2020-03-26 · CVE-2005-1122

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Monkey daemon (monkeyd) versions prior to 0.9.1

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the cgi.c file. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers through an HTTP GET request that contains double-encoded format string specifiers, potentially leading to a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.1, update to version 0.9.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the cgi.c file or the affected HTTP GET endpoint until the update can be applied.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1122

Affected Products

Monkeyd

References · 5

• http://osvdb.org/15511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1122 · Security Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87916 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-14.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14953 · Vendor Advisory