CVE-2011-3596
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT...
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT request.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT request.
- Record
CVE-2011-3596- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT request.
- Record
CVE-2011-3596- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-3555 No score
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT request.
- Record
EUVD-2011-3555- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rc34-472p-6fgh
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT...
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT request.
- Record
GHSA-rc34-472p-6fgh- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-617
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2011-3596
Polipo before 1.0.4.1 suffers from a DoD vulnerability via specially-crafted HTTP POST / PUT request.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2011-3596- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Polipo 1.0.4.1 - POST/PUT HTTP Header Processing Denial of Service | 2011-10-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-3596 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Polipo, published November 25, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.1%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3596
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3596
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3596
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=644289
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3596
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rc34-472p-6fgh
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3596
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/10
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3596