CVE-2005-0211

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0211
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long WCCP packet, which is processed by a recvfrom function call that uses an incorrect length parameter.

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: CWE-119 | 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
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.5.stable1 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.5.stable2 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.5.stable3 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.5.stable4 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.5.stable5 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.5.stable6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org Broken Link
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Squid-2.5 Patches af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#886006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Squid Proxy WCCP recvfrom() Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/13319 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Squid WCCP Message Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.p... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-667-1 squid af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
'[USN-77-1] Squid vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Squid Buffer Overflow in WCCP recvfrom() Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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