CVE-2004-0189

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0189
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-03-15 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe "%xx" URL decoding function in Squid 2.5STABLE4 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass url_regex ACLs via a URL with a NULL ("%00") character, which causes Squid to use only a portion of the requested URL when comparing it against the access control lists.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squid Squid 2.0_patch2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.1_patch2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.3_stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.4 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.4_stable7 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.5_stable3 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.5_stable4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandrakesoft Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesoft.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040404-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.16/SCOSA-2005.16.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.008] OpenPKG Security Advisory (squid)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2004_1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-474-1 squid af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
www.osvdb.org/5916 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Squid ACL [url_regex] bypass vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Squid Proxy NULL URL Character Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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