DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2855

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2855
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2855.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2855
Upstream
Published
2009-08-18T21:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:11:18.967631Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The strListGetItem function in src/HttpHeaderTools.c in Squid 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite loop of calls to the strcspn function.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.STABLE7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.STABLE7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.STABLE7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / squid

Package

Name
squid
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/squid?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.STABLE7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}