High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-36420
CVE-2020-36420
Description
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
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Affected products
2- Polipo/Polipodescription
Patches
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References
4- github.com/jech/polipo/commit/4d42ca1b5849518762d110f34b6ce2e03d6df9ecnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/755896nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/18/1nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/18/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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