Polipo Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:14961

Info

Polipo Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14961
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 28 2005 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: Polipo Polipo 0.9.8
Polipo Polipo 0.9.7
Polipo Polipo 0.9.6
Polipo Polipo 0.9.5
Polipo Polipo 0.9.4
Polipo Polipo 0.9.3
Polipo Polipo 0.9.2
Polipo Polipo 0.9.1
Polipo Polipo 0.9
Not Vulnerable: Polipo Polipo 0.9.9

Discussion

Polipo Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Polipo is prone to an off-by-one buffer overflow vulnerability.

An attacker may be able to exploit this issue to trigger a denial of service condition. It is conjectured that arbitrary code execution may be possible as well.

Exploit / POC

Polipo Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Polipo Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Polipo version 0.9.9:


Polipo Polipo 0.9

Polipo Polipo 0.9.1

Polipo Polipo 0.9.2

Polipo Polipo 0.9.3

Polipo Polipo 0.9.4

Polipo Polipo 0.9.5

Polipo Polipo 0.9.6

Polipo Polipo 0.9.7

Polipo Polipo 0.9.8

References

Polipo Off-By-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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