CVE-2009-2621

N/A Unknown
Published: July 28, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Squid 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE16 and 3.1 through 3.1.0.11 does not properly enforce "buffer limits and related bound checks," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) an incomplete request or (2) a request with a large header size, related to (a) HttpMsg.cc and (b) client_side.cc.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36007
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:161
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:178
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35812
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022607
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_2.txt
Source: cret@cert.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/b9654.patch
Source: cret@cert.org
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2013
Source: cret@cert.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/36007
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:161
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:178
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35812
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022607
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_2.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/b9654.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2013
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
23.6%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

squid-cache

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