CVE-2004-2479
Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via URLs containing invalid hostnames that cause DNS operations to fail, which results in references to
02 Description
Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via URLs containing invalid hostnames that cause DNS operations to fail, which results in references to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-21 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4e8060c5b9b8154e2dc52fdb2defde93f80679bd467ccb00dafb415254548dc6
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsquid-hostname-obtain-info(18406)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18406
- securitytracker.com1012466http://securitytracker.com/id?1012466
- www.osvdb.org12282http://www.osvdb.org/12282
- fedoranews.orgFLSA-2006:152809http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- secunia.com13408http://secunia.com/advisories/13408
- www.squid-cache.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1143
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9711https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9711
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:766http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html
- www.securityfocus.com11865http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11865
- secunia.com16977http://secunia.com/advisories/16977
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- squid Fixed in 2.5.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- squid Fixed in 2.5.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- squid Fixed in 2.5.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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