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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 10.07% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- pps.jussieu/polipo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547047
- http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/dca6877a8117f0df
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37607Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547047
- http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/dca6877a8117f0df
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37607Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.