CVE-2005-2796

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The sslConnectTimeout function in ssl.c for Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain crafted requests.

Affected products

Squid: 2.0.patch1, 2.0.patch2, 2.0.pre1, 2.0.release, 2.0_patch2, 2.1.patch1 (+55)

References

http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
http://secunia.com/advisories/16977
http://secunia.com/advisories/17027
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014846
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-809
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:162
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_53_squid.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14731
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout

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