Name | CVE-2009-4487 |
Description | nginx 0.7.64 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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
nginx (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.18.0-6.1+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
bookworm | 1.22.1-9 | vulnerable | |
sid, trixie | 1.26.0-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nginx | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
The actual issue is within the broken terminal emulators and needs to be fixed there, see CVE-2009-4487