CVE-2007-0248 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The aclMatchExternal function in Squid before 2.6.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing an external_acl queue overload, which triggers an infinite loop.

Published: 2007-01-16

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 52.6% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.6.stable6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-414-1	Squid vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.52625.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/23767
http://secunia.com/advisories/23805
http://secunia.com/advisories/23889
http://secunia.com/advisories/23921
http://secunia.com/advisories/23946
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-22.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:026
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_squid.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22203
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE7-RELEASENOTES.html#s12
http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1848
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-414-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0199
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31525

History

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Subscriptions

Squid Squid

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-16T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:12:17.832Z

Reserved: 2007-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0248

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-16T18:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0248

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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