CVE-2004-2479 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Squid Web Proxy Cache version 2.5. Remote attackers could exploit this by crafting URLs with invalid hostnames, triggering DNS resolution failures that inadvertently expose previously cached error messages. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.5_stable1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy_cache:2.5_stable1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5_stable2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy_cache:2.5_stable2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5_stable3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy_cache:2.5_stable3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5_stable4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy_cache:2.5_stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5_stable5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:national_science_foundation:squid_web_proxy_cache:2.5_stable5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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