CVE-2005-0446 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Squid proxy server by sending malicious DNS responses, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0446?
CVE-2005-0446 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Squid 2.5.STABLE8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain DNS responses regarding (1) Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) in fqdncache.c or (2) IP addresses in ipcache.c, which trigger an assertion failure.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0446?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (16)
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 |
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
squid Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
squid-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 |
Products include Squid Squid.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0446?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-0446 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0446 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0446, DSA-688-1, GHSA-2f87-jcwj-5f4g, RHSA-2005:173, RHSA-2005:201.