CVE-2013-0189 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Squid proxy servers via crafted requests to cachemgr.cgi due to a flawed security fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-0189?
CVE-2013-0189 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
cachemgr.cgi in Squid 3.1.x and 3.2.x, possibly 3.1.22, 3.2.4, and other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted request. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-5643, possibly involving an incorrect order of arguments or incorrect comparison.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0189?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Squid-Cache Squid.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0189?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2013-0189 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0189 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0189, GHSA-rrh8-h9v8-p8vr.