CVE-2009-2855
Published Aug 18, 2009
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- Description
- The strListGetItem function in src/HttpHeaderTools.c in Squid 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite loop of calls to the strcspn function.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-20
Vendor comments
- Red HatThis issue did not affect the versions of the squid packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. The issue was addressed in the squid packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0221.html
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "35C30CB9-FA3A-408D-A8B0-8805E75657BE"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:stable3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A03692DD-779F-4E3C-861C-29943870A816"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "79FF6B3C-A3CE-4AA2-80F9-44D05A6B2F08"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]