cve-2010-0308
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-02-03 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:45
Severity ?
Summary
lib/rfc1035.c in Squid 2.x, 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE22, and 3.1 through 3.1.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted DNS packet that only contains a header.
Impacted products
n/an/a
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