CVE-2009-4413 - The httpClientDiscardBody function in client.c in Polipo 0.9.8, 0.9.12, 1.0.4, and possibly other ve

CVE-2009-4413

Summary

The httpClientDiscardBody function in client.c in Polipo 0.9.8, 0.9.12, 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with a large Content-Length value, which triggers an integer overflow, a signed-to-unsigned conversion error with a negative value, and a segmentation fault.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	5.0 (as of 26-02-2010 - 07:10)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-189

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

bid	37463
confirm	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560779
debian	DSA-2002
exploit-db	10338
mlist	[oss-security] 20091212 CVE request: polipo DoS via overly large "Content-Length" header
secunia	37607 38647

Last major update

26-02-2010 - 07:10

Published

24-12-2009 - 16:30

Last modified

26-02-2010 - 07:10