CVE-2009-2936
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2009-2936 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2010-04-05 16:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The Command Line Interface (aka Server CLI or administration interface) in the master process in the reverse proxy server in Varnish before 2.1.0 does not require authentication for commands received through a TCP port, which allows remote attackers to (1) execute arbitrary code via a vcl.inline directive that provides a VCL configuration file containing inline C code; (2) change the ownership of the master process via param.set, stop, and start directives; (3) read the initial line of an arbitrary file via a vcl.load directive; or (4) conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks that leverage a victim's location on a trusted network and improper input validation of directives. NOTE: the vendor disputes this report, saying that it is "fundamentally misguided and pointless. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 0.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Varnish.projects.linpro | Varnish | 2.0.6 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Sorry, we moved! | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.varnish-cache.org | |
| CLI - Varnish - Trac | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.varnish-cache.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: varnish-2.1.0-2.fc13 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.