CVE-2009-0478
mediumpriority · attend · 55EPSS 0.720 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Squid 2.7 to 2.7.STABLE5, 3.0 to 3.0.STABLE12, and 3.1 to 3.1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with an invalid version number, which triggers a reachable assertion in (1) HttpMsg.c and (2) HttpStatusLine.c.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-8021Squid < 3.1 5 - HTTP Version Number Parsing Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (23)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (24)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33731enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34467enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-38.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:034enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500653/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33604enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021684enisa_euvd
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