A vulnerability has been identified in Monopd, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to an error in the "server.cpp" file that does not properly handle an overly long input string sent by a client, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a vulnerable server to crash or consume a large amount of system resources.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Luigi Auriemma
ChangeLog
2006-03-06 : Initial release
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