CVE-2008-1612

Public Exploit

Description

The arrayShrink function (lib/Array.c) in Squid 2.6.STABLE17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) via unknown vectors that cause an array to shrink to 0 entries, which triggers an assert error. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 19.35% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-601-1 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00560.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28693 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29813 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30032 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1646 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-38.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27477 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41586 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:134 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32109 third party advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_2.txt patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0214.html vendor advisory
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11882.patch exploit
http://marc.info/?l=squid-announce&m=120614453813157&w=2 mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11376 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/34467 third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/01/5 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1612?
CVE-2008-1612 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1612?
To fix CVE-2008-1612, 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-2008-1612 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1612 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~19% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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