CVE-2007-6239

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6239
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-04 18:46:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-20

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
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

References

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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1482-1 squid DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:001 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Mandriva update for squid - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Squid Proxy Cache Update Reply Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
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Ubuntu update for squid - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11780.patch CONFIRM www.squid-cache.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for squid - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: squid-2.6.STABLE16-2.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
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SecurityTracker.com Archives - Squid Cache Update Reply Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
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Bug 410181 – CVE-2007-6239 squid: DoS in cache updates CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
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Red Hat update for squid - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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Gentoo Bug 201209 - net-proxy/squid < 2.6.17 Cache Update Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2007-6239) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
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USN-565-1: Squid vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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