CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0163

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that lead to denial of service and may allow remote code execution, posing a serious security threat to systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of Squid to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized activities.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS