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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-3501
The squidclamav_check_preview_handler function in squidclamav.c in SquidClamav 5.x before 5.8...
Vulnerability Description
The 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.
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://squidclamav.darold.net/news.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/84138
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428778
- https://github.com/darold/squidclamav/commit/80f74451f628264d1d9a1f1c0bbcebc932ba5e00
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/16/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54663
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49057
- http://freecode.com/projects/squidclamav/releases/346722
Affected Vendor
darold
View all reports →Affected Software
squidclamav
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 25th, 2012
Last Modified:
September 16th, 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.