CVE-2005-0718 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Squid proxy servers by aborting PUT or POST requests, triggering a segmentation fault.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0718?
CVE-2005-0718 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Mar 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Squid 2.5.STABLE7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by aborting the connection during a (1) PUT or (2) POST request, which causes Squid to access previously freed memory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0718?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Squid Squid.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0718?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2005-0718 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0718 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0718, GHSA-9wrw-hg5g-h4gx.