CVE-2009-0801 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-0801

Squid, when transparent interception mode is enabled, uses the HTTP...

Vulnerability Description

Squid, when transparent interception mode is enabled, uses the HTTP Host header to determine the remote endpoint, which allows remote attackers to bypass access controls for Flash, Java, Silverlight, and probably other technologies, and possibly communicate with restricted intranet sites, via a crafted web page that causes a client to send HTTP requests with a modified Host header.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

squid web proxy cache
Vulnerable Versions:
2.7, 2.7.stable5, 2.7.stable6, 3.0, 3.0_pre1, 3.0_pre2, 3.0_pre3, 3.0_stable1, 3.0_stable2, 3.0_stable3, 3.0_stable4, 3.0_stable5, 3.0_stable6, 3.0_stable7, 3.0_stable12, 3.0_stable13

Timeline

Official Publish: March 4th, 2009
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.