CVE-2009-2732
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 7.3%EU EUVD
The checkHTTPpassword function in http.c in ntop 3.3.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an Authorization HTTP header that lacks a : (colon) character in the base64-decoded string.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2723)
- Published
- August 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2723 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ntop / ntop
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36403(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:181
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505862/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505876/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2317(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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