CVE-2009-4496

Publication date 13 January 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
boa 17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily Not in release
15.04 vivid Not in release
14.10 utopic Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.94.14rc21
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Ignored end of life
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.10 maverick Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

if there is a problem, it is the terminal that has the issue

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