CVE-2009-3305 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 0.11718.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Pps.jussieu Subscribe	Polipo Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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/37607
http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:22:24.285Z

Reserved: 2009-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3305

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-12-24T16:30:00.217

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3305

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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