CVE-2002-0068

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Squid 2.4 STABLE3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code with an ftp:// URL with a larger number of special characters, which exceed the buffer when Squid URL-escapes the characters.

Affected products

RedHat Linux: 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
Squid: through 2.4_stable_3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/caldera/2002-q1/0014.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000464
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101431040422095&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101440163111826&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101443252627021&w=2
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-010.0.txt
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8258.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-016.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_008_squid_txt.html
http://www.osvdb.org/5378
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-029.html

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