CVE-2009-4487

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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nginx (PTS)	jessie (security), jessie	1.6.2-5+deb8u5	vulnerable
	stretch (security), stretch	1.10.3-1+deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster, sid	1.13.12-1	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