CVE-2011-3596 is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Polipo versions prior to 1.0.4.1, including specific Debian distributions. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a DoS by sending a specially crafted HTTP POST or PUT request. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially rendering affected systems unavailable. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-36198) exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:polipo_project:polipo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.