CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-4489
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-01-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
header.c in Cherokee before 0.99.32 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.
Affected configurations
• cherokee-project cherokee (<= 0.99.31)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37933 Vendor Advisory
- http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3944 svn.cherokee-project.com
- http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3977 svn.cherokee-project.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37715 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0090 www.vupen.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37933 Vendor Advisory
- http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3944 svn.cherokee-project.com
- http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3977 svn.cherokee-project.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37715 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Exploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0090 www.vupen.com