CVE-2009-2621
MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctlDescription
Squid 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE16 and 3.1 through 3.1.0.11 does not properly enforce "buffer limits and related bound checks," which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) an incomplete request or (2) a request with a large header size, related to (a) HttpMsg.cc and (b) client_side.cc.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36007
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:161
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:178
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35812
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022607
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_2.txt
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/b9654.patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2013
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.