CVE-2009-2621

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2621
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-28 17:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSquid 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE16 and 3.1 through 3.1.0.11 does not properly enforce "buffer limits and related bound checks," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) an incomplete request or (2) a request with a large header size, related to (a) HttpMsg.cc and (b) client_side.cc.

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-119 | 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-cache Squid 3.0 All pre1 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All pre2 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All pre3 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All pre4 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All pre5 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All pre6 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All pre7 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable1 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable10 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable11 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable12 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable13 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable14 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable15 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable2 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable3 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable4 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable5 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable6 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable7 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable8 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All stable9 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 rc1 stable11 All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 rc4 All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.1 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.2 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.3 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:178 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:161 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Squid Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_2.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Vendor Advisory
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/b9654.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Squid Request and Response Processing Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Squid Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-08-06Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of squid as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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