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Secunia Security Advisory 16978

Secunia Security Advisory 16978
Posted Sep 28, 2005
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Polipo, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

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Secunia Security Advisory 16978

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TITLE:
Polipo Disclosure of Sensitive Information

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16978

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16978/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Unknown, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Polipo 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5772/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Polipo, which can be exploited
by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the local
web server, which can be exploited to disclose the content of files
outside of the local root.

An off-by-one error when parsing NL-terminated headers with an
unknown impact has also been reported by the vendor.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.9.8. Prior versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.9.9:
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/files/polipo/polipo-0.9.9.tar.gz

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Wessel Dankers.

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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