CVE-2005-2917

Published: Sep 30, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier, while performing NTLM authentication, does not properly handle certain request sequences, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

squid squid

On-prem

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

squidoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka squid web proxy, squid web proxy cache

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-192-1/

ubuntu.com

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014920

securitytracker.com

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U

patches.sgi.com

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Timeline

Published

Sep 30, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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