Unscored severity · published May 2, 2005
CVE-2005-0211
Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long WCCP packet, which is…
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CVSS
22.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long WCCP packet, which is processed by a recvfrom function call that uses an incorrect length parameter.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)22.2% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
3.0 · source: NVD
SQ
Squid · Squid-cache
2.5.stable1; 2.5.stable2; 2.5.stable3; 2.5.stable4; 2.5.stable5; 2.5.stable6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0211
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0211
Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780531820947&w=2
Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/14076
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013045
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-667
Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006
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