CVE-2005-2796

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    CVE-2005-2796

    Published: 7 Sept 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The sslConnectTimeout function in ssl.c for Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain crafted requests.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/16977, http://secunia.com/advisories/17027, http://securitytracker.com/id?1014846, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-809, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:162, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_53_squid.html, http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout, http://securitytracker.com/id?1014846, http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout, http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-06.xml, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14731, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10522

    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