CVE-2004-2654 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Squid Web Proxy Cache via a null pointer dereference in the clientAbortBody function.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2004-2654?

CVE-2004-2654 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The clientAbortBody function in client_side.c in Squid Web Proxy Cache before 2.6 STABLE6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via unspecified vectors that trigger a null dereference. NOTE: in a followup advisory, a researcher claimed that the issue was a buffer overflow that was not fixed in STABLE6. However, the vendor's bug report clearly shows that the researcher later retracted this claim, because the tested product was actually STABLE5.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2654?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Squid Squid.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2654?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2004-2654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2654, GHSA-jxhx-rppc-gf4x.

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