| Name | CVE-2009-4490 |
| Description | mini_httpd 1.19 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mini-httpd (PTS) | stretch | 1.23-1.2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.30-0.2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.30-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.30-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.30-11 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mini-httpd | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
The actual issue is within the broken terminal emulators and needs to be fixed there, see CVE-2009-4487