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CVE-2005-0211 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780531820947&w=2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/14076 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013045 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-667 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006 CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:034 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_06_squid.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.osvdb.org/13319 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html CVE, MITRE Not Applicable  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html CVE, MITRE Not Applicable  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12432 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.patch CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9573 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0211
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE