CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Squid Proxy up to 2.5.stable7 (Firewall Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Memory leak in the NTLM fakeauth_auth helper for Squid 2.5.STABLE7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
The bug was discovered 01/10/2005. The weakness was disclosed 01/25/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at squid-cache.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0096 since 01/18/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18947 (FreeBSD : squid -- denial-of-service vulnerabilities (5bf1a715-cc57-440f-b0a5-6406961c54a7)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18818) and Tenable (18947). The entry 1102 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Memory leakCWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 18947
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : squid -- denial-of-service vulnerabilities (5bf1a715-cc57-440f-b0a5-6406961c54a7)
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OpenVAS ID: 53003
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: squid
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Timeline
01/10/2005 🔍01/10/2005 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: squid-cache.orgAdvisory: squid-cache.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0096 (🔍)
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X-Force: 18818
SecurityTracker: 1012818
Vulnerability Center: 6859 - DoS in Squid Proxy Server 2.5*-STABLE NTLM fakeauth, High
SecurityFocus: 12324 - Squid Proxy NTLM Fakeauth_Auth Memory Leak Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 13114 - CVE-2005-0096 - Squid - Denial of Service Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/10/2015 15:27Updated: 05/29/2019 12:24
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (73), 05/29/2019 12:24 (11)
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