CVE-2013-1839

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 17.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The strHdrAcptLangGetItem function in errorpage.cc in Squid 3.2.x before 3.2.9 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a "," character in an Accept-Language header.

Affected products

Squid: 3.2.0.1, 3.2.0.2, 3.2.0.3, 3.2.0.4, 3.2.0.5, 3.2.0.6 (+26)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0025.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0069.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52588
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/11/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58316
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2013_1.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0025.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0069.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52588
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/11/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58316
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2013_1.txt

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