DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2855

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2855

    Published: 18 Aug 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2009-2855

    Summary:

    Details: The strListGetItem function in src/HttpHeaderTools.c in Squid 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite loop of calls to the strcspn function.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2855

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.STABLE7-1

    Affected versions

    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
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