CVE-2007-0248

N/A Unknown

Published: January 16, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The aclMatchExternal function in Squid before 2.6.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing an external_acl queue overload, which triggers an infinite loop.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23767

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23805

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23889

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23921

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23946

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-22.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:026

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_squid.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22203

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE7-RELEASENOTES.html#s12

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1848

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-414-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0199

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31525

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/23767