CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2732
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-08-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header that lacks a : (colon) character in the base64-decoded string.
Affected configurations
• ntop ntop (<= 3.3.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36403 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:181 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505862/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505876/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2317 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36403 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:181 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505862/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505876/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2317 Vendor Advisory