CVE-2004-2479 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2004-2479

Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5 might allow remote attackers to...

Vulnerability Description

Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via URLs containing invalid hostnames that cause DNS operations to fail, which results in references to previously used error messages.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

national science foundation

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Affected Software

squid web proxy cache
Vulnerable Versions:
2.5_stable1, 2.5_stable2, 2.5_stable3, 2.5_stable4, 2.5_stable5, 2.5_stable6, 2.5_stable7

Timeline

Official Publish: August 21st, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.