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medium 4.3

CVE-2008-1612 json

The arrayShrink function (lib/Array.c) in Squid 2.6.STABLE17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) via unknown vecto…

published 2008-04-01 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1613

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The arrayShrink function (lib/Array.c) in Squid 2.6.STABLE17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (process exit) via unknown vectors that cause an array to shrink to 0 entries, which triggers an assert error. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239.

Patch / fix

  • squid Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.18-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1612

  • squid RHEL 2.1 7:2.4.STABLE7-1.21as.12
  • squid RHEL 3 7:2.5.STABLE3-9.3E
  • squid RHEL 4 7:2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.el4_6.2
  • squid RHEL 5 7:2.6.STABLE6-5.el5_1.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0214

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1612 updated cvss 4.3

squid: regression in SQUID-2007:2 / CVE-2007-6239

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 squid 2.5.STABLE3-9.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) squid 2.6.STABLE6-5.el5_1.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 squid 2.4.STABLE7-1.21as.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 squid 2.5.STABLE3-9.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 squid 2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.el4_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 squid 2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.el4_6.2
    +7 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) squid 2.6.STABLE6-5.el5_1.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 squid 2.4.STABLE7-1.21as.12 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 squid 2.5.STABLE3-9.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 squid 2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.el4_6.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 squid 2.5.STABLE3-9.3E Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 squid 2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.el4_6.2 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 squid 2.4.STABLE7-1.21as.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0214

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Exploit prediction

2.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • squid-cache.org http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11882.patch referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.