CVE-2007-6239

Public Exploit

Description

The "cache update reply processing" functionality in Squid 2.x before 2.6.STABLE17 and Squid 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors related to HTTP headers and an Array memory leak during requests for cached objects.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.35% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28091 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28412 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00507.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1482 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28814 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232881 third party advisory us government resource
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-38.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26687 patch vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1130.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28109 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_2.txt patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:002 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10915 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28403 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27910 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-05.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4066 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28350 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410181
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019036 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28381 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201209
http://secunia.com/advisories/34467 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00497.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-565-1 vendor advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11780.patch vendor advisory exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6239?
CVE-2007-6239 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6239?
To fix CVE-2007-6239, 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-2007-6239 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6239 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~14% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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