CVE-2009-4495

published 2010-01-13

CVE-2009-4495: Yaws 1.85 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly…

Priority P4 32 medium 5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I N A N

EXPLOIT

Yaws 1.85 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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	yaws	—	—
yaws	yaws	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 5.0 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.0 LOW

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