Description
The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header that lacks a : (colon) character in the base64-decoded string.
Published: 2009-08-20
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 5.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2723 The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header that lacks a : (colon) character in the base64-decoded string.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:59:57.113Z

Reserved: 2009-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2732

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-08-21T11:02:42.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2732

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2009-08-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2732 - Bugzilla

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