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

CVE-2009-4488

Published

2010-01-13T20:30:00Z

Modified

2026-09-17T07:00:20Z

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4488

Affected packages

Debian:12 / varnish

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown 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

7.7.3-2

7.7.3-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

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

Debian:13 / varnish