CVE-2009-4413

NameCVE-2009-4413
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2002-1
Debian Bugs560779

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
poliposourcelenny1.0.4-1+lenny1DSA-2002-1
poliposource(unstable)1.0.4-2low560779

Notes

[etch] - polipo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - polipo <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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