CVE-2004-2479

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via URLs containing invalid hostnames that cause DNS operations to fail, which results in references to previously used error messages.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-12-31 CVE Published
2005-08-21 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/16977	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/12282	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18406	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9711	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/13408	2017-10-11
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012466	2017-10-11
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11865	2017-10-11
http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1143	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2479	2005-09-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617425	2005-09-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
National Science Foundation Search vendor "National Science Foundation"		Squid Web Proxy Cache Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache"				2.5_stable1 Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache" and version "2.5_stable1"		-		Affected
National Science Foundation Search vendor "National Science Foundation"		Squid Web Proxy Cache Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache"				2.5_stable2 Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache" and version "2.5_stable2"		-		Affected
National Science Foundation Search vendor "National Science Foundation"		Squid Web Proxy Cache Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache"				2.5_stable3 Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache" and version "2.5_stable3"		-		Affected
National Science Foundation Search vendor "National Science Foundation"		Squid Web Proxy Cache Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache"				2.5_stable4 Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache" and version "2.5_stable4"		-		Affected
National Science Foundation Search vendor "National Science Foundation"		Squid Web Proxy Cache Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache"				2.5_stable5 Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache" and version "2.5_stable5"		-		Affected
National Science Foundation Search vendor "National Science Foundation"		Squid Web Proxy Cache Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache"				2.5_stable6 Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache" and version "2.5_stable6"		-		Affected
National Science Foundation Search vendor "National Science Foundation"		Squid Web Proxy Cache Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache"				2.5_stable7 Search vendor "National Science Foundation" for product "Squid Web Proxy Cache" and version "2.5_stable7"		-		Affected