CVE-2009-2855

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The strListGetItem function in src/HttpHeaderTools.c in Squid 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite loop of calls to the strcspn function.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 18, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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