CVE-2009-4496

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4496
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-13 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 19:49:00 UTC
DescriptionBoa 0.94.14rc21 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Boa Boa 0.94.14rc21 All All All
Application Boa Boa 0.94.14rc21 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt MISC www.ush.it Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: boa-0.94.14-0.15.rc21.fc12 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora update for boa - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: boa-0.94.14-0.15.rc21.fc11 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: boa-0.94.14-0.15.rc21.fc13 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Boa Webserver Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591311 Bosch Rexroth PRA-ES8P2S Ethernet-Switch Multiple Vulnerabilities (BOSCH-SA-247053-BT)
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