CVE-2009-2855 (GCVE-0-2009-2855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-18 20:41 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The strListGetItem function in src/HttpHeaderTools.c in Squid 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite loop of calls to the strcspn function.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
12 references
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2704 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2541 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022757 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2009-07-06 00:00
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