CVE-2005-0446

Description

Squid 2.5.STABLE8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain DNS responses regarding (1) Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) in fqdncache.c or (2) IP addresses in ipcache.c, which trigger an assertion failure.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 65.89% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoranews.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110901183320453&w=2	mailing list
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-25.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14271	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19332	vdb entry
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assert.patch	patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-201.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12551	vdb entry
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assert	patch
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-688	patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-173.html	patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11264	vdb entry signature
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000931	patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:047	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0446?: CVE-2005-0446 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0446?: To fix CVE-2005-0446, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0446 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0446 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~66% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.