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CVE-2005-0096

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0096 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the NTLM fakeauth_auth helper within Squid 2.5.STABLE7 and earlier versions. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing excessive memory consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
9.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0942 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (3)

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-2005-0096

security flaw

Jan 8, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
PatchVendor Advisory
fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA--.shtml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200501-25.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10233
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/12324
squid-cache.org / Versions/v2/2.5/bugs
PatchVendor Advisory
trustix.org / errata/2005/0003
Vendor Advisory