Vulnerability CVE-2009-3586


Published: 2009-12-08   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Off-by-one error in src/http.c in CoreHTTP 0.5.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long first line that triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-4060.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
CoreHTTP web server off-by-one buffer overflow vulnerability
Patroklos Argyro...
10.12.2009

Type:

CWE-189

(Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Frank yaul -> Corehttp 

 References:
http://census-labs.com/media/corex.txt
http://census-labs.com/news/2009/12/02/corehttp-web-server/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508272/100/0/threaded

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