CVE-2006-0046

Description

squid_redirect script in adzapper before 2006-01-29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a URL with a large number of trailing / (forward slashes), which might produce inefficient regular expressions.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.46% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0491	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/18771	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://adzapper.sourceforge.net/cvslog.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18777	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16558	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-966	patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24640	vdb entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=350308
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/squid_redirect.diff?bug=350308%3Bmsg=5%3Batt=1
http://www.osvdb.org/22900	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0046?: CVE-2006-0046 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0046?: To fix CVE-2006-0046, 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-2006-0046 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-0046 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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