CVE-2012-3501

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3501
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-25 10:29:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8 and 6.x before 6.7 passes an unescaped URL to a system command call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a URL with certain characters, as demonstrated using %0D or %0A.

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 Darold Squidclamav 5.0 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 5.1 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 5.2 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 5.3 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 5.4 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 5.5 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 5.6 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 5.7 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 6.0 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 6.1 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 6.2 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 6.3 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 6.4 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 6.5 All All All
Application Darold Squidclamav 6.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SquidClamav : News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 squidclamav.darold.net Vendor Advisory
SquidClamav URL Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Add a workaround for a squidGuard bug that unescape the URL and send … · darold/squidclamav@80f7445 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Version 5.8 of SquidClamAv – Freecode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 freecode.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: SquidClamav insufficient escaping flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
428778 – (CVE-2012-3501) <net-proxy/squidclamav-6.8 : URL Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2012-3501) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
www.osvdb.org/84138 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
oss-security - CVE Request: SquidClamav insufficient escaping flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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