CVE-2009-3305 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.07% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-12-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pps.jussieu | polipo |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Polipo 1.0.4 - Remote Memory Corruption (PoC) | 2009-12-07 |
References
- 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
- 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
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