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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-3205 · published 6 September 2011

CVE-2011-3205: Squid-cache squid vulnerability

Squid Cache · Squid

Buffer overflow in the gopherToHTML function in gopher.cc in the Gopher reply parser in Squid 3.0 before 3.0.STABLE26, 3.1 before 3.1.15, and 3.2 before 3.2.0.11 allows remote Gopher servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon restart) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long line in a response. NOTE: This issue exists because of a CVE-2005-0094 regression.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 27% · top 2.0%
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
27%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
50References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the gopherToHTML function in gopher.cc in the Gopher reply parser in Squid 3.0 before 3.0.STABLE26, 3.1 before 3.1.15, and 3.2 before 3.2.0.11 allows remote Gopher servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon restart) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long line in a response. NOTE: This issue exists because of a CVE-2005-0094 regression.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065534.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/29/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/8
http://secunia.com/advisories/45805 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45906
http://secunia.com/advisories/45920
http://secunia.com/advisories/45965
http://secunia.com/advisories/46029
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025981
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2304
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:150
http://www.osvdb.org/74847
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1293.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49356
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2011_3.txt
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.HEAD/changesets/12710.patch Patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9193.patch Patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10363.patch Patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/changesets/squid-3.2-11294.patch Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734583 Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065534.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/29/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/8
http://secunia.com/advisories/45805 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45906
http://secunia.com/advisories/45920
http://secunia.com/advisories/45965
http://secunia.com/advisories/46029
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025981
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2304

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