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High
CVE-2005-0211
Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long WCCP packet, which is processed by a recvfrom function call that uses an incorrect length parameter.
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
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013045
- http://www.osvdb.org/13319
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14076
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12432
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.patch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9573
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:034
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-667
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780531820947&w=2
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_06_squid.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.5.stable1, 2.5.stable2, 2.5.stable3, 2.5.stable4, 2.5.stable5, 2.5.stable6, 3.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 6th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 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.