CVE-2011-4096
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 17, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 18, 2011
Description
The idnsGrokReply function in Squid before 3.1.16 does not properly free memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon abort) via a DNS reply containing a CNAME record that references another CNAME record that contains an empty A record.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3237#c12
- RHSA-2011:1791vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:1996vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20111031 CVE Request -- Squid v3.1.16 -- Invalid free by processing CNAME DNS record pointing to another CNAME record pointing to an empty A-recordmailing-list
- 1026265vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20111031 Re: CVE Request -- Squid v3.1.16 -- Invalid free by processing CNAME DNS record pointing to another CNAME record pointing to an empty A-recordmailing-list
- MDVSA-2011:193vendor-advisory
- 46609third-party-advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/SQUID_3_1_16.html
- SUSE-SU-2016:2089vendor-advisory
- 47459third-party-advisory
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