CVE-2009-4491

CVE-2009-4491, security advisory, suse linux, suse, security, cve

CVE-2009-4491

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Upstream information

CVE-2009-4491 at MITRE

Description

thttpd 2.25b0 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	None

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 570617 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:29:16 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:45:51 2022