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TITLE:
Polipo "httpClientDiscardBody()" Signedness Error Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37607

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37607/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Polipo, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a signedness error within the
"httpClientDiscardBody()" function in client.c. This can be exploited
to crash the service by sending HTTP requests with an overly large
value in the "Content-Length" header.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0.4. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Filter malicious requests.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Jeremy Brown

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10338

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