CVE-2009-2621
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.230 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Squid 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE16 and 3.1 through 3.1.0.11 does not properly enforce "buffer limits and related bound checks," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) an incomplete request or (2) a request with a large header size, related to (a) HttpMsg.cc and (b) client_side.cc.
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affected products (7)
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references (16)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/36007enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:161enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:178enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35812enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022607enisa_euvd
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_2.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/b9654.patchenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2013enisa_euvd
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