CVE-2010-0308

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0308
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-03 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlib/rfc1035.c in Squid 2.x, 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE22, and 3.1 through 3.1.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted DNS packet that only contains a header.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.0 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.1 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.2 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.3 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.4 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.5 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.6 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 2.7 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable1 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable11 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable12 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable13 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable14 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable15 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable16 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable17 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable18 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable19 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable2 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable20 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable21 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable22 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable3 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable4 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable5 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable6 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable7 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable8 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.0.stable9 All 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 3.1.0.10 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.11 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.12 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.13 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.14 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.15 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
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.5 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.6 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.7 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.8 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid 3.1.0.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Squid Header-Only Packets Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/HEAD/changesets/12597.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Squid DNS Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/62044 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2010_1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Squid DNS Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9163.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org Patch
Squid Processing of Header-Only DNS Messages Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-9853.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.squid-cache.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1483_26c3_ipv4_fuckups.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 events.ccc.de
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-31Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-0308 This issue was addressed in the squid packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0221.html The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future squid update may address this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

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