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CVE-2001-0142

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

squid 2.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations.

Affected products

• Immunix: 7.0_beta
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
• National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy: 2.3_stable4
• RedHat Linux: 7.0
• Trustix Secure Linux: 1.1, 1.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0212.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97916374410647&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-019
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-003.php3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2184
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5921
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0212.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97916374410647&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-019
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-003.php3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2184
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5921

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