vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2009-4495: yaws -- security update

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 15, 2025
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-debian-deb-package
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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