CVE-2012-5643

NameCVE-2012-5643
DescriptionMultiple memory leaks in tools/cachemgr.cc in cachemgr.cgi in Squid 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.22, 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and 3.3.x before 3.3.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via (1) invalid Content-Length headers, (2) long POST requests, or (3) crafted authentication credentials.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2631-1
Debian Bugs696187

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
squid (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye4.13-10+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)5.7-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie6.12-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
squidsource(unstable)2.7.STABLE9-2
squid3sourcesqueeze3.1.6-1.2+squeeze3DSA-2631-1
squid3source(unstable)3.1.20-2.1696187

Notes

squid-cgi was removed in 2.7.STABLE9-2
possible regression, see #701123

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