CVE-2020-36420

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    CVE-2020-36420

    Published: 15 Jul 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Polipo through 1.1.1, when NDEBUG is omitted, allows denial of service via a reachable assertion during parsing of a malformed Range header. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1, https://bugs.gentoo.org/755896, https://github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ec, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    polipo-1.1.1
    polipo-1.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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