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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2009-4413 EUVD-2009-4380GHSA-739g-q9wv-464j

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 caus…

Published Dec 24, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 5.0 polipo 1.0.4-1+lenny1 DSA-2002-1

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

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