CVE-2005-0211

N/A Unknown
Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780531820947&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14076
Source: cve@mitre.org
Permissions Required
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013045
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-667
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:034
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_06_squid.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/13319
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12432
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9573
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780531820947&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14076
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013045
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-667
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:034
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_06_squid.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/13319
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12432
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9573
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
45.3%
98th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

debian squid-cache

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