CVE-2005-3258 Denial of service in n/a
Remote FTP servers can cause a denial of service in Squid via malformed responses, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-3258?
CVE-2005-3258 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Oct 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The rfc1738_do_escape function in ftp.c for Squid 2.5 STABLE11 and earlier allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain "odd" responses.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3258?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Squid Squid.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3258?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3258 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2005-3258 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3258 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8j6p-p7q3-3j42.