The rfc1738_do_escape function in ftp.c for Squid 2.5 STABLE11 and earlier allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain "odd" responses
Published Oct 20, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.10%
Description
The rfc1738_do_escape function in ftp.c for Squid 2.5 STABLE11 and earlier allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain "odd" responses.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.0.patch1
- 2.0.patch2
- 2.0.pre1
- 2.0.release
- 2.1.patch1
- 2.1.patch2
- 2.1.pre1
- 2.1.pre3
- 2.1.pre4
- 2.1.release
- 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
- 2.4
- 2.4.stable1
- 2.4.stable2
- 2.4.stable3
- 2.4.stable4
- 2.4.stable6
- 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.stable11
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues do not affect the versions of Squid as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02102) | 81.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02102) | 79.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 24.10% (0.24101) | 95.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 33.82% (0.33819) | 96.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 40.10% (0.40100) | 95.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 33.82% (0.33819) | 96.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.98% (0.04982) | 88.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.76% (0.07761) | 94.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 26, 2024 | 16.89% (0.16885) | 96.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 20.41% (0.20407) | 95.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.50% (0.15504) | 94.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17271 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17287 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17338 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17407 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17513 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17626 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17645 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015085 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE11-rfc1738_do_escape x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2151 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-3258 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3258
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3258
Change history (0)
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