CVE-2009-3305

N/A Unknown
Published: December 24, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547047
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/dca6877a8117f0df
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/37607
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=547047
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/dca6877a8117f0df
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37607
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
11.7%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

pps.jussieu

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