CVE-2013-4115

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2013-07-10
Bugzilla:
983653: CVE-2013-4115 squid: buffer overflow when processing overly long DNS names (SQUID-2013:2)
A buffer overflow flaw was found in Squid's DNS lookup module. A remote attacker able to send HTTP requests to the Squid proxy could use this flaw to crash Squid.

Find out more about CVE-2013-4115 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.8
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity High
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 6 (squid) RHSA-2014:1148 2014-09-03
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (squid) RHSA-2014:1148 2014-09-03

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 squid Not affected

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