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CVE-2012-5643

Date: December 20, 2012

Multiple 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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (25)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00075.html

Url: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447596

Url: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10479.patch

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5643

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2631

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00032.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00025.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/52024

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5643

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-5643

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0505.html

Url: http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2012_1.txt

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887962

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00052.html

Url: http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1713-1

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027890

Url: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/changesets/squid-3.2-11714.patch

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/54839

Url: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0368

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:129

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5643

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/17/4

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-5643

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2012-5643

Date: December 20, 2012

Language: C++

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CVSS v2

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