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CVE-2005-0094

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0094 describes a buffer overflow in the gopherToHTML function of Squid 2.5.STABLE7 and earlier, allowing remote malicious Gopher servers to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no authentication, leading to a crash. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0_patch2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.0_patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1_patch2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.1_patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3_.stable4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.3_.stable4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3_.stable5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.3_.stable5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3_stable5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.3_stable5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0863 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0094

security flaw

Jan 12, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
Vendor Advisory
fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA--.shtml
secunia.com / advisories/13825
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200501-25.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11146
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-651
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_06_squid.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/12276
squid-cache.org / Advisories/SQUID-2005_1.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory
squid-cache.org / Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-gopher_html_parsing.patch
Vendor Advisory
trustix.org / errata/2005/0003
Vendor Advisory