CVE-2005-0446
Squid 2.5.STABLE8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain DNS responses regarding (1) Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) in fqdncache.c or (2) IP addresses in ipcache.c, which trigger an assertion failure.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 41.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Squid 2.5.STABLE8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain DNS responses regarding (1) Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) in fqdncache.c or (2) IP addresses in ipcache.c, which trigger an assertion failure.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 41.11% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- squid/squid
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 41.1% 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
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000931Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110901183320453&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14271Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-688Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-25.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:047
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-173.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-201.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12551
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assertPatch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assert.patchPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19332
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11264
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000931Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110901183320453&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14271Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-688Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-25.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:047
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-173.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-201.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12551
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assertPatch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assert.patchPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19332
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11264
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.