medium5.0
CVE-2011-4096
The idnsGrokReply function in Squid before 3.1.16 does not properly free memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon abort) via …
Impact
The idnsGrokReply function in Squid before 3.1.16 does not properly free memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon abort) via a DNS reply containing a CNAME record that references another CNAME record that contains an empty A record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Squid-Cache | Squid | through 3.1.15 Versions 3.0, 3.0.stable1, 3.0.stable2, 3.0.stable3, 3.0.stable4 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3237#c12
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47459
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:193
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/31/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1791.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026265
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/SQUID_3_1_16.html
- http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3237#c12
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46609
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47459
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:193
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/31/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1791.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026265
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/SQUID_3_1_16.html