fkie_cve-2009-2855
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-08-18 21:00
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=31%3Bfilename=diff%3Batt=1%3Bbug=534982
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/20/10
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/6
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36091
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022757
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2541
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2704Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518182
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52610
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10592
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=31%3Bfilename=diff%3Batt=1%3Bbug=534982
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/20/10
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36091
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022757
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2541
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2704Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518182
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52610
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10592
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
squid-cache squid 2.7
squid-cache squid 2.7
squid-cache squid 2.7


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{
   configurations: [
      {
         nodes: [
            {
               cpeMatch: [
                  {
                     criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                     matchCriteriaId: "35C30CB9-FA3A-408D-A8B0-8805E75657BE",
                     vulnerable: true,
                  },
                  {
                     criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:stable3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                     matchCriteriaId: "A03692DD-779F-4E3C-861C-29943870A816",
                     vulnerable: true,
                  },
                  {
                     criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.7:stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                     matchCriteriaId: "79FF6B3C-A3CE-4AA2-80F9-44D05A6B2F08",
                     vulnerable: true,
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               ],
               negate: false,
               operator: "OR",
            },
         ],
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   ],
   cveTags: [],
   descriptions: [
      {
         lang: "en",
         value: "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.",
      },
      {
         lang: "es",
         value: "La función strListGetItem en src/HttpHeaderTools.c en Squid v2.7 a permite a los atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio a través de una cabecera auth manipulada con ciertos delimitadores coma que lanzan un bucle infinito de llamadas a la función strcspn.",
      },
   ],
   id: "CVE-2009-2855",
   lastModified: "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
   metrics: {
      cvssMetricV2: [
         {
            acInsufInfo: false,
            baseSeverity: "MEDIUM",
            cvssData: {
               accessComplexity: "LOW",
               accessVector: "NETWORK",
               authentication: "NONE",
               availabilityImpact: "PARTIAL",
               baseScore: 5,
               confidentialityImpact: "NONE",
               integrityImpact: "NONE",
               vectorString: "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
               version: "2.0",
            },
            exploitabilityScore: 10,
            impactScore: 2.9,
            obtainAllPrivilege: false,
            obtainOtherPrivilege: false,
            obtainUserPrivilege: false,
            source: "nvd@nist.gov",
            type: "Primary",
            userInteractionRequired: false,
         },
      ],
   },
   published: "2009-08-18T21:00:00.640",
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      },
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   sourceIdentifier: "cve@mitre.org",
   vendorComments: [
      {
         comment: "This issue did not affect the versions of the squid packages, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.\n\nThe issue was addressed in the squid packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via:\nhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0221.html\n",
         lastModified: "2010-03-31T00:00:00",
         organization: "Red Hat",
      },
   ],
   vulnStatus: "Deferred",
   weaknesses: [
      {
         description: [
            {
               lang: "en",
               value: "CWE-20",
            },
         ],
         source: "nvd@nist.gov",
         type: "Primary",
      },
   ],
}


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