CVE-2009-0478

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0478
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-08 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 21:01:00 UTC
DescriptionSquid 2.7 to 2.7.STABLE5, 3.0 to 3.0.STABLE12, and 3.1 to 3.1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with an invalid version number, which triggers a reachable assertion in (1) HttpMsg.c and (2) HttpStatusLine.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable3 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable10 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable11 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable12 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable3 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable6 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable7 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable8 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable9 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.3 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.4 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable3 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid 2.7.stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable10 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable11 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable12 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable3 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable4 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable5 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable6 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable7 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable8 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.0.stable9 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.1 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.2 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.3 All All All
Application Squid Squid 3.1.0.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 484246 – CVE-2009-0478 Squid denial of service flaw CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:034 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for Squid - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.7/changesets/12432.patch CONFIRM www.squid-cache.org Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Squid: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Squid HTTP Request Processing Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:005 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Squid Web Proxy Cache HTTP Version Number Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Squid HTTP Version Number Parsing Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Squid < 3.1 5 HTTP Version Number Parsing Denial of Service Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_1.txt CONFIRM www.squid-cache.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-02-09Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of Squid as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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