CVE-2009-2855

N/A Unknown

Published: August 18, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The strListGetItem function in src/HttpHeaderTools.c in Squid 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite loop of calls to the strcspn function.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=31%3Bfilename=diff%3Batt=1%3Bbug=534982

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/20/10

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36091

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022757

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2541

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2704

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518182

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52610

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10592

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982