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title: "CVE-2009-4487\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-4487

Publication date 13 January 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

nginx 0.7.64 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4487?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| nginx | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

ignored upstream, so ignored by us too.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4487)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4487)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4487)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4487)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4487>