CVE-2005-3258

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The rfc1738_do_escape function in ftp.c for Squid 2.5 STABLE11 and earlier allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain "odd" responses.

Affected products

Squid: 2.0.patch1, 2.0.patch2, 2.0.pre1, 2.0.release, 2.1.patch1, 2.1.patch2 (+39)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17271
http://secunia.com/advisories/17287
http://secunia.com/advisories/17338
http://secunia.com/advisories/17407
http://secunia.com/advisories/17513
http://secunia.com/advisories/17626
http://secunia.com/advisories/17645
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015085
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE11-rfc1738_do_escape
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2151
http://secunia.com/advisories/17271

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