| Name | CVE-2009-4587 |
| Description | Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an MS-DOS reserved word in a URI, as demonstrated by the AUX reserved word. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cherokee | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- cherokee <not-affected> (Only affects Windows and DOS)
this only works on windows and dos as you are not allowed
to use a file name with AUX and any or no extension as this is a
reserved device name. cherokee was lacking error handling...