MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Sep 7, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.83%
Description
The sslConnectTimeout function in ssl.c for Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain crafted requests.
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.stable9
- 2.5.stable10
- 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.14
Fixed · RHSA-2005:766
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.11
Fixed · RHSA-2005:766
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.14 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:766 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.11 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:766 |
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.
7.83% 0.07829
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07829
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 | 7.83% (0.07829) | 94.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.83% (0.07829) | 93.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.10% (0.15104) | 94.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.76% (0.19761) | 92.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.10% (0.15104) | 94.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 15, 2025 | 32.58% (0.32585) | 97.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 27.06% (0.27060) | 96.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 11.62% (0.11622) | 95.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.48% (0.15477) | 94.95th | 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 (17)
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16977 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17027 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014846 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-809 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:162 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_53_squid.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14731 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2796 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617755 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2796
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10522 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2796
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 7, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 6, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2796
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a