01 Record
CVE-2009-4413
The httpClientDiscardBody function in client.c in Polipo 0.9.8, 0.9.12, 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with a large
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The httpClientDiscardBody function in client.c in Polipo 0.9.8, 0.9.12, 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with a large
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-24 16:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 311ca0908110e3046464a7d084f9b4283afce5ae5464175549731c346a65bd7b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com37463http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091212 CVE request: polipo DoS via overly large "Content-Length" headerhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/12/4
- secunia.com38647http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560779
- secunia.com37607http://secunia.com/advisories/37607
- www.exploit-db.com10338http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10338
- www.debian.orgDSA-2002http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002