DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4488

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4488
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4488.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4488
Upstream
Published
2010-01-13T20:30:00.390Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:10:27.616373Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Varnish 2.0.6 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. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this report, stating that "This is not a security problem in Varnish or any other piece of software which writes a logfile. The real problem is the mistaken belief that you can cat(1) a random logfile to your terminal safely.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / varnish

Package

Name
varnish
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/varnish?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.5.1-1
6.5.1-1+deb11u1
6.5.1-1+deb11u2
6.5.1-1+deb11u3
6.5.1-1+deb11u4
6.5.1-1+deb11u5
6.5.2-1
6.6.1-1
7.*
7.1.0-4
7.1.0-5
7.1.0-6
7.1.1-1
7.1.1-1.1
7.1.1-1.2
7.5.0-1
7.5.0-2
7.5.0-3
7.6.0-1
7.6.0-2
7.6.1-1
7.6.1-2
7.7.0-1
7.7.0-2
7.7.0-3
7.7.1-1
7.7.2-1
7.7.2-2
7.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4488.json"

Debian:12 / varnish

Package

Name
varnish
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/varnish?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.1.1-1.1
7.1.1-1.1+deb12u1
7.1.1-1.2
7.1.1-2+deb12u1
7.5.0-1
7.5.0-2
7.5.0-3
7.6.0-1
7.6.0-2
7.6.1-1
7.6.1-2
7.7.0-1
7.7.0-2
7.7.0-3
7.7.1-1
7.7.2-1
7.7.2-2
7.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4488.json"

Debian:13 / varnish

Package

Name
varnish
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/varnish?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.7.0-3
7.7.1-1
7.7.2-1
7.7.2-2
7.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4488.json"

Debian:14 / varnish

Package

Name
varnish
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/varnish?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.7.0-3
7.7.1-1
7.7.2-1
7.7.2-2
7.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4488.json"