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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------