CVE-2009-3700

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-3700 · Published 28/10/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-3700 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting squidguard (squidguard).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
squidguard squidguard	`= 1.3= 1.4`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in sgLog.c in squidGuard 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or loss of blocking functionality) via a long URL with many / (slash) characters, related to "emergency mode."

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/37107 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/39679
securitytracker.com/id
debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2040
osvdb.org/59163
securityfocus.com/archive/1/507440/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/36800 · Patch
squidguard.org/Downloads/Patches/1.4/Readme.Patch-20091015 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3013 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1043
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53921

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