CVE-2004-0541

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0541
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-08-06 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the ntlm_check_auth (NTLM authentication) function for Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5.x and 3.x, when compiled with NTLM handlers enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long password ("pass" variable).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable All All All
Application National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy Cache 3_pre All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandrakesecure.net
iDEFENSE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040604-01-U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Squid Proxy NTLM Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Squid: NTLM authentication helper buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0033 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.net Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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