CVE-2009-3305

Polipo 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with a Cache-Control header that lacks a value for the max-age field, which triggers a segmentation fault in the httpParseHeaders function in http_parse.c, and possibly other unspecified vectors.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/37607	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547047
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/dca6877a8117f0df
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
http://secunia.com/advisories/38647

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2009-12-24 08:30

Updated : 2010-02-25 23:08

NVD link : CVE-2009-3305

Mitre link : CVE-2009-3305

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Products Affected

pps.jussieu

polipo

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