CVE-2009-4413

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.

Affected packages (1)

• Debian/polipofrom 0, < 1.0.4-2

References (7)

• ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/37607
• ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38647
• ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
• WEBhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560779
• WEBhttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10338
• WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/12/4
• WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463