CVE-2007-0248 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Squid proxy server by triggering an infinite loop in the external ACL handling mechanism.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-0248?
CVE-2007-0248 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The aclMatchExternal function in Squid before 2.6.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing an external_acl queue overload, which triggers an infinite loop.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0248?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Squid Squid.
How do I fix CVE-2007-0248?
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-2007-0248 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0248 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0248, GHSA-w46f-hrch-xgr2.