Is CVE-2005-0446 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-0446 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2005-0446?

CVE-2005-0446 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2005-0446?

Patch guidance is available from squid security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2005-0446.

CVE-2005-0446 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2005-0446?

59 products: squid squid, squid squid, squid squid, squid squid, squid squid, and 54 more.

Description

Squid 2.5.STABLE8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain DNS responses regarding (1) Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDN) in fqdncache.c or (2) IP addresses in ipcache.c, which trigger an assertion failure.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SQUID
Published: 5/2/2005
Last Modified: 4/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD