CVE-2008-1612

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2008-03-22
Bugzilla:
439801: CVE-2008-1612 squid: regression in SQUID-2007:2 / CVE-2007-6239

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The arrayShrink function (lib/Array.c) in Squid 2.6.STABLE17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) via unknown vectors that cause an array to shrink to 0 entries, which triggers an assert error. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239.

Find out more about CVE-2008-1612 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (squid) RHSA-2008:0214 2008-04-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (squid) RHSA-2008:0214 2008-04-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (squid) RHSA-2008:0214 2008-04-08
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (squid) RHSA-2008:0214 2008-04-08

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