cvelist/2009/4xxx/CVE-2009-4488.json

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        "ID": "CVE-2009-4488",
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    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "** DISPUTED ** 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.\""
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    "references": {
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            {
                "name": "http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt"
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            {
                "name": "37713",
                "refsource": "BID",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37713"
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            {
                "name": "20100110 Nginx, Varnish, Cherokee, thttpd, mini-httpd, WEBrick, Orion, AOLserver, Yaws and Boa log escape sequence injection",
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded"
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