CVE-2002-0163

critical

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Squid before 2.4 STABLE4, and Squid 2.5 and 2.6 until March 12, 2002 distributions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via compressed DNS responses.

References

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2002_2.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4363

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-027.php

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8628.php

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002-051.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101716495023226&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-03-26

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03895