CVE-2009-2621: squid-cache squid

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2621 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in squid-cache squid. EPSS estimates a 23.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 28-07-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.