Acme Mini HTTPd 1.19 Terminal input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Acme Mini HTTPd 1.19 (Web Server). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Terminal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 01/13/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at ush.it. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4490 since 12/30/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59680 (GLSA-201206-27 : mini_httpd: Arbitrary code execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published 3 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (33500), Tenable (59680) and SecurityFocus (BID 37714†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-51545, VDB-51541, VDB-51540 and VDB-51539. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 59680
Nessus Name: GLSA-201206-27 : mini_httpd: Arbitrary code execution
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OpenVAS ID: 71553
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201206-27 (mini_httpd)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ush.it
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4490 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4490
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51536
SecurityFocus: 37714

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM
Updated: 01/10/2025 04:47 PM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (62), 04/21/2019 05:18 PM (2), 06/08/2024 11:18 PM (24), 01/10/2025 04:47 PM (5)
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