UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6270

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6270

    Published: 12 Sept 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-6270
    Aliases:
    USN-2921-1

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the snmpHandleUdp function in snmp_core.cc in Squid 2.x and 3.x, when an SNMP port is configured, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted UDP SNMP request, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6270, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/542, http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2014_3.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2921-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6270

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.8-1ubuntu6.6

    Affected versions

    3.3.8-1ubuntu3
    3.3.8-1ubuntu4
    3.3.8-1ubuntu5
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.1
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.2
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.3
    3.3.8-1ubuntu6.4

    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