Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package varnish (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-VARNISH-11770952
- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed13 Jan 2010
Introduced: 13 Jan 2010
CVE-2009-4488 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:14.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream varnish package and not the varnish package as distributed by Debian.
Varnish 2.0.6 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. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this report, stating that "This is not a security problem in Varnish or any other piece of software which writes a logfile. The real problem is the mistaken belief that you can cat(1) a random logfile to your terminal safely.