Description
The idnsGrokReply function in Squid before 3.1.16 does not properly free memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon abort) via a DNS reply containing a CNAME record that references another CNAME record that contains an empty A record.
Published: 2011-11-17
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 62.5% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2381-1 squid3 security update
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Squid-cache Squid
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:53:32.679Z

Reserved: 2011-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4096

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-11-17T19:55:01.453

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4096

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4096 - Bugzilla

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