# CVE-2005-2917: Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier, while performing NTLM authentication, does not properly handle certain request sequences, which allows attac

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-09-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier, while performing NTLM authentication, does not properly handle certain request sequences, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart).

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-192-1/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014920
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16992
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14977
- http://www.osvdb.org/19607
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:181
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24282
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17050
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0052.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11580
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17177
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17015
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0045.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-828
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html

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