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CVE-2009-0478 Detail

Current Description

Squid 2.7 to 2.7.STABLE5, 3.0 to 3.0.STABLE12, and 3.1 to 3.1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with an invalid version number, which triggers a reachable assertion in (1) HttpMsg.c and (2) HttpStatusLine.c.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  02/08/2009
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/09/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of Squid as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-38.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:034
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/500653/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33604 Exploit Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021684
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_1.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.7/changesets/12432.patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484246
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8021

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0478
NVD Published Date:
02/08/2009
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017