CVE-2012-5643

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Multiple memory leaks in tools/cachemgr.cc in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.22, 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and 3.3.x before 3.3.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via (1) invalid Content-Length headers, (2) long POST requests, or (3) crafted authentication credentials.

Affected products

Squid: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 (+89)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00075.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00032.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/4
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0505.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52024
http://secunia.com/advisories/54839
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1713-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2631

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