CVE-2007-4626 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 31 Aug 2007 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can crash the Polipo proxy daemon by sending network traffic with entities larger than 2 Gb.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-4626?

CVE-2007-4626 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Polipo before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via certain network traffic associated with entities larger than 2 Gb.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4626?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Polipo Polipo.

How do I fix CVE-2007-4626?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4626 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-4626 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4626 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v773-g4hf-qhgj.