MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Feb 15, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 41.11%
Description
Squid 2.5.STABLE8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain DNS responses regarding (1) Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) in fqdncache.c or (2) IP addresses in ipcache.c, which trigger an assertion failure.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0.patch1
- 2.0.patch2
- 2.0.pre1
- 2.0.release
- 2.0_patch2
- 2.1.patch1
- 2.1.patch2
- 2.1.pre1
- 2.1.pre3
- 2.1.pre4
- 2.1.release
- 2.1_patch2
- 2.2.devel3
- 2.2.devel4
- 2.2.pre1
- 2.2.pre2
- 2.2.stable1
- 2.2.stable2
- 2.2.stable3
- 2.2.stable4
- 2.2.stable5
- 2.3.devel2
- 2.3.devel3
- 2.3.stable1
- 2.3.stable2
- 2.3.stable3
- 2.3.stable4
- 2.3.stable5
- 2.3_.stable4
- 2.3_.stable5
- 2.3_stable5
- 2.4
- 2.4.stable1
- 2.4.stable2
- 2.4.stable3
- 2.4.stable4
- 2.4.stable6
- 2.4.stable7
- 2.4_.stable2
- 2.4_.stable6
- 2.4_.stable7
- 2.4_stable7
- 2.5.6
- 2.5.stable1
- 2.5.stable2
- 2.5.stable3
- 2.5.stable4
- 2.5.stable5
- 2.5.stable6
- 2.5.stable7
- 2.5.stable8
- 2.5_.stable1
- 2.5_.stable3
- 2.5_.stable4
- 2.5_.stable5
- 2.5_.stable6
- 2.5_stable3
- 2.5_stable4
- 2.5_stable9
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8
Fixed · RHSA-2005:173
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5
Fixed · RHSA-2005:201
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:173 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:201 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
41.11% 0.41109
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.41109
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 41.11% (0.41109) | 98.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 41.11% (0.41109) | 98.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 65.89% (0.65887) | 98.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 71.35% (0.71347) | 98.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 65.89% (0.65887) | 98.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2025 | 94.31% (0.94307) | 99.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 95.70% (0.95699) | 99.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 23, 2024 | 95.78% (0.95776) | 99.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.13% (0.96130) | 99.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000931 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110901183320453&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14271 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-688 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:047 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-173.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-201.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12551 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assert x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE8-dns_assert.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0446 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617523 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19332 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0446
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11264 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0446
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 15, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 16, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0446
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a