CVE-2013-1839 (GCVE-0-2013-1839)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-30 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:13
VLAI
Summary
The strHdrAcptLangGetItem function in errorpage.cc in Squid 3.2.x before 3.2.9 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a "," character in an Accept-Language header.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/52588 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2013_1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/11/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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