CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0046

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The squid_redirect script in adzapper before 2006-01-29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a URL with a large number of trailing forward slashes, which might produce inefficient regular expressions.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential server overload by an attacker, leading to unavailability of network services for the organization's users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade adzapper to version 2006-01-29 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

squid_redirect script in adzapper before 2006-01-29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a URL with a large number of trailing / (forward slashes), which might produce inefficient regular expressions.

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