CVE-2009-4496

Description

Boa 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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1133

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37718

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/39775

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041285.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041274.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041271.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3