CVE-2010-2951 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Squid 3.1.6, specifically in the dns_internal.cc component, when IPv6 DNS resolution is disabled. An attacker can trigger an assertion failure and daemon exit by sending an IPv4 DNS response with the TC bit set, causing the Squid proxy to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability for the affected Squid instance. Despite its age and a high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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