THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-0248
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-0248

Squid vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
6.7%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Squid
Affected product
Squid
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2007-01-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-0248

  • Confirm whether Squid Squid is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-0248.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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