CVE-2005-2796 Null dereference in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2796 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-2796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2796 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2796/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2796/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Squid proxy servers via crafted 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-2005-2796?
CVE-2005-2796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The sslConnectTimeout function in ssl.c for Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain crafted requests.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2796?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Squid Squid.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2796?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-2796 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2796 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2796, GHSA-q53j-wvv4-p6jq.