CVE-2009-0751

Public Exploit

Description

Yaws before 1.80 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via a request with a large number of headers.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 25.60% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory hyber.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/33979 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0590 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/1 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/34239 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1740 vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8148 exploit
http://yaws.hyber.org/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33834 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0751?
CVE-2009-0751 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0751?
To fix CVE-2009-0751, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-0751 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-0751 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~26% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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