CVE-2001-0843 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Squid proxy server versions 2.4 and earlier, where a remote attacker can crash the server by sending a malformed FTP PUT request that only specifies a directory creation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to cause a partial denial of service, requiring no authentication. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting some level of awareness or interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid_web_proxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.