The arrayShrink function (lib/Array.c) in Squid 2.6.STABLE17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) via unknown…

Description

The arrayShrink function (lib/Array.c) in Squid 2.6.STABLE17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) via unknown vectors that cause an array to shrink to 0 entries, which triggers an assert error. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (19)

• USN-601-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-2740 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 28693 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 29813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 30032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1646 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• GLSA-200903-38 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 27477 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• squid-arrayshrink-dos(41586) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 32109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11882.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [squid-announce[ 20080322 Advisory Squid-2007:2 updated (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11376 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 34467 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080401 CVE id request: squid (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:24 UTC.