CVE-2007-0248

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2007-0248 · Published 16/01/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-0248 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting squid (squid).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.1%, higher than 94.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
squid squid	`= 2.6.stable6`	No fix yet

Description

The aclMatchExternal function in Squid before 2.6.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by causing an external_acl queue overload, which triggers an infinite loop.

References

secunia.com/advisories/23767 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/23805
secunia.com/advisories/23889
secunia.com/advisories/23921
secunia.com/advisories/23946
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-22.xml
mandriva.com/security/advisories
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_12_squid.html
securityfocus.com/bid/22203
squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE7-RELEASENOTES.html
squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-414-1
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0199
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31525

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