CVE-2009-0478

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    CVE-2009-0478

    Published: 8 Feb 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Squid 2.7 to 2.7.STABLE5, 3.0 to 3.0.STABLE12, and 3.1 to 3.1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with an invalid version number, which triggers a reachable assertion in (1) HttpMsg.c and (2) HttpStatusLine.c.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33731, http://secunia.com/advisories/34467, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-38.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:034, http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_1.txt, http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.7/changesets/12432.patch, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33604, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33604, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484246, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500653/100/0/threaded, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021684, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8021

    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