CVE-2007-0248 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Squid versions prior to 2.6.STABLE7, specifically within the aclMatchExternal function. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop by overloading the external_acl queue, causing the Squid proxy server to crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is rated as medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.stable6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.6.stable6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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