CVE-2007-6239

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6239
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-04 18:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe "cache update reply processing" functionality in Squid 2.x before 2.6.STABLE17 and Squid 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to HTTP headers and an Array memory leak during requests for cached objects.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.0_patch2 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.1_patch2 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.3.stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.3.stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.4_stable2 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.4_stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.4_stable6 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.4_stable7 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5.stable11 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5.stable12 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5.stable13 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5.stable14 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_.stable9 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable1 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable10 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable3 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable6 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable7 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5_stable8 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable1 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable12 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable13 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable14 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable15 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable16 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable2 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable3 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable6 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.6.stable7 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 3.0 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 3.0_pre1 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 3.0_pre2 All All All
Application Squid Squid Web Proxy Cache 3.0_pre3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11780.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for squid - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for squid - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-565-1: Squid vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo update for squid - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 201209 - net-proxy/squid < 2.6.17 Cache Update Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2007-6239) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Fedora update for squid - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#232881 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: squid-2.6.STABLE17-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Squid Proxy Cache Update Reply Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Squid Cache Update Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1482-1 squid af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Squid: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_2.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Squid Cache Update Reply Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Bug 410181 – CVE-2007-6239 squid: DoS in cache updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo update for Squid - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: squid-2.6.STABLE16-2.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for squid - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for squid - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:002 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Squid: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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