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TI-2005-00178 Aliases CVE-2005-0211GHSA-j8f6-3q8f-r8ch

Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to…

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Buffer overflow in wccp.c in Squid 2.5 before 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long WCCP packet, which is processed by a recvfrom function call that uses an incorrect length parameter.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.22152 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.stable1Vulnerablesquid-cache
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.stable2Vulnerablesquid-cache
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.stable3Vulnerablesquid-cache
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.stable4Vulnerablesquid-cache
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.stable5Vulnerablesquid-cache
cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.stable6Vulnerablesquid-cache
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.stable1 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
  • cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.stable2 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
  • cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.stable3 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
  • cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.stable4 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
  • cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.stable5 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
  • cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:2.5.stable6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.stable6 Vulnerable ·squid-cache
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2005:060 Released 2005-02-15 · Red Hat rating Important
    squid security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3, squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3.i386, squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3, squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3, squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3.i386, squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3, squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3.i386, squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3.ia64
  • RHSA-2005:061 Released 2005-02-11 · Red Hat rating Important
    squid security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7, squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7, squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7.i386, squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7, squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7.i386, squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7, squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7.i386, squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:061
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:061
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:061
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:060
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:061
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:060

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0211
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8f6-3q8f-r8ch

References

Patch 4

Advisory 7

Other 1

Sources

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