Reachable Assertion in Debian Linux



Published: 2019-11-26 | Updated: 2020-08-09
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2011-3596
CWE-ID CWE-617
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
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Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Reachable Assertion

EUVDB-ID: #VU35039

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3596

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT request.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Debian Linux: 8.0 - 9.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3596
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=644289
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3596
http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3596


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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