CVE-2024-25111 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Squid web proxy cache, affecting versions from 3.5.27 up to 6.8, including various Fedora and NetApp products utilizing Squid. This flaw, categorized as an uncontrolled recursion bug (CWE-674), allows a remote attacker to crash the Squid service by sending a specially crafted, chunked, encoded HTTP message. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to a complete loss of availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.5.27, < 6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netapp:bluexp:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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