CVE-2005-0211

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / CVE-2005-0211

    CVE-2005-0211

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long WCCP packet, which is processed by a recvfrom function call that uses an incorrect length parameter.

    References: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780531820947&w=2, http://securitytracker.com/id?1013045, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-667, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:034, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_06_squid.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12432, http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow, http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.patch, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9573, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-667, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006, http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow, http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-wccp_buffer_overflow.patch, http://secunia.com/advisories/14076, http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886006, http://www.osvdb.org/13319, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High