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CVE-2004-2479: national_science_foundation squid_web_proxy_cache

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-2479
Published 21-08-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-2479 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in national_science_foundation squid_web_proxy_cache. EPSS estimates a 2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2005:766

Timeline

  1. 21-08-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via URLs containing invalid hostnames that cause DNS operations to fail, which results in references to previously used error messages.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.08% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • squid< 2.5.8
National_science_foundation1 product
  • squid_web_proxy_cache2.5_stable1 | 2.5_stable2 | 2.5_stable3 | 2.5_stable4 | 2.5_stable5 | 2.5_stable6 | 2.5_stable7

2 vendors · 2 products

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