CVE-2009-4496 Information

Description

Boa 0.94.14rc21 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.

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041271.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041274.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041285.html http://secunia.com/advisories/39775 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37718 http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1133