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CVE-2009-4413

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2009-12-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Content-Length value, which triggers an integer overflow, a signed-to-unsigned conversion error with a negative value, and a segmentation fault.

Affected Platforms

Pps.Jussieu Polipo

Weakness Type

CWE-189

References