CVE-2002-0713
Buffer overflows in Squid before 2.4.STABLE6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code (1) via the MSNT auth helper (msnt_auth) when using denyusers or allowusers files, (2) via the gopher client, or…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflows in Squid before 2.4.STABLE6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code (1) via the MSNT auth helper (msnt_auth) when using denyusers or allowusers files, (2) via the gopher client, or (3) via the FTP server directory listing parser when HTML output is generated.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.54% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- squid/squid
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-046.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102674543407606&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-130.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9480.php
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9481.php
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9482.php
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-044.phpPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5156
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5157
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2002_3.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.4/bugs/Patch
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-046.0.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102674543407606&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-130.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9480.php
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9481.php
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9482.php
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-044.phpPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5156
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5157
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2002_3.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.4/bugs/Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.