MEDIUM
squid: temporary DoS (assertion failure) triggered by truncated DNS packet (SQUID-2010:1)
Published Feb 3, 2010
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 27.82%
Description
lib/rfc1035.c in Squid 2.x, 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE22, and 3.1 through 3.1.0.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) via a crafted DNS packet that only contains a header.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
- 3.0
- 3.0.stable1
- 3.0.stable2
- 3.0.stable3
- 3.0.stable4
- 3.0.stable5
- 3.0.stable6
- 3.0.stable7
- 3.0.stable8
- 3.0.stable9
- 3.0.stable11
- 3.0.stable12
- 3.0.stable13
- 3.0.stable14
- 3.0.stable15
- 3.0.stable16
- 3.0.stable17
- 3.0.stable18
- 3.0.stable19
- 3.0.stable20
- 3.0.stable21
- 3.0.stable22
- 3.1
- 3.1.0.1
- 3.1.0.2
- 3.1.0.3
- 3.1.0.4
- 3.1.0.5
- 3.1.0.6
- 3.1.0.7
- 3.1.0.8
- 3.1.0.9
- 3.1.0.10
- 3.1.0.11
- 3.1.0.12
- 3.1.0.13
- 3.1.0.14
- 3.1.0.15
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
squid-7:2.6.STABLE21-6.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0221
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
squid
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | squid-7:2.6.STABLE21-6.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0221 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | squid | Will not fix | n/a |
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.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
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.
27.82% 0.27820
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.27820
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 (27 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 27.82% (0.27820) | 98.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 27.35% (0.27347) | 97.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 22.68% (0.22685) | 97.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2026 | 11.30% (0.11300) | 93.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 2, 2026 | 14.74% (0.14739) | 94.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 11.04% (0.11036) | 93.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 16.82% (0.16822) | 94.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 14.63% (0.14631) | 94.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 16.82% (0.16822) | 94.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 14.63% (0.14631) | 94.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 16.82% (0.16822) | 94.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 14.63% (0.14631) | 94.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 16.66% (0.16665) | 94.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.08% (0.19076) | 94.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.03% (0.18028) | 92.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 19.08% (0.19076) | 94.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.91% (0.04908) | 92.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 13.57% (0.13574) | 95.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | 15.38% (0.15381) | 96.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 13.62% (0.13619) | 95.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 15.55% (0.15547) | 95.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2024 | 17.06% (0.17064) | 95.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2023 | 13.61% (0.13615) | 94.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.10% (0.10095) | 93.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 80.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (17)
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1483_26c3_ipv4_fuckups.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://osvdb.org/62044 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38451 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38455 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37522 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023520 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2010_1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/HEAD/changesets/12597.patch x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9163.patch x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-9853.patch x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0260 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0308 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556389 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56001 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0308
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11270 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0308
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 3, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 12, 2010
Link CVE-2010-0308
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a