CVE-2009-4587

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-01-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an MS-DOS reserved word in a URI, as demonstrated by the AUX reserved word.

Affected products

Cherokee: 0.5.4

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507456/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507651/100/0/thread
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36814
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023095
http://xc0re.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/cherokee-web-server-0-5-4-denial-of-service/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53957
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507456/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507651/100/0/thread
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36814
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023095
http://xc0re.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/cherokee-web-server-0-5-4-denial-of-service/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53957

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