CVE-2009-3305

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 11.72% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463 vdb entry
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/dca6877a8117f0df
http://secunia.com/advisories/38647 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37607 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002 vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547047

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3305?
CVE-2009-3305 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3305?
To fix CVE-2009-3305, 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-2009-3305 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-3305 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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