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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-5643

Multiple memory leaks in tools/cachemgr.cc in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.22, 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and 3.3.x before 3.3.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via (1) invalid Content-Length headers,…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 23.0%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Multiple memory leaks in tools/cachemgr.cc in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.22, 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and 3.3.x before 3.3.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via (1) invalid Content-Length headers, (2) long POST requests, or (3) crafted authentication credentials.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
23.00% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
squid-cache/squid
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.