CVE-2009-4413 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2009-12-24

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 12.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	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:1.0.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2002-1	New polipo packages fix denial of service

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12414.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560779
http://secunia.com/advisories/37607
http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10338
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/12/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463

History

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Subscriptions

Pps.jussieu Polipo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-12-24T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:01:20.255Z

Reserved: 2009-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4413

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-24T16:30:00.390

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

Link: CVE-2009-4413

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-189

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