CVE-2009-4587 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an MS-DOS reserved word in a URI, as demonstrated by the AUX reserved word.

Published: 2010-01-07

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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No CVSS v4.0

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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 0.10869.

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507456/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507651/100/0/thread
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36814
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023095
http://xc0re.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/cherokee-web-server-0-5-4-denial-of-service/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53957

History

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Subscriptions

Cherokee Cherokee

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-01-07T18:13:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:08:38.110Z

Reserved: 2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4587

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-01-07T18:30:00.857

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

Link: CVE-2009-4587

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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