---
title: "CVE-2005-0174: Squid 2.5 up to 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote… | CubePath"
description: "Squid 2.5 up to 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to poison the cache or conduct certain attacks via headers that do not follow the HTTP specification…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0174
---

# CVE-2005-0174: Squid 2.5 up to 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote… | CubePath

## Description

Squid 2.5 up to 2.5.STABLE7 allows remote attackers to poison the cache or conduct certain attacks via headers that do not follow the HTTP specification, including (1) multiple Content-Length headers, (2) carriage return (CR) characters that are not part of a CRLF pair, and (3) header names containing whitespace characters.

Official description from the CVE record, published by mitre. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0174)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.50494 (50.5% probability)

Percentile

98.9%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [FEDORA-2005-373](http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-May/msg00025.html)  (redhat.com) vendor-advisory
- [squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs](http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-header%5Fparsing)
- [12412](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12412)  (securityfocus.com) vdb-entry
- [FLSA-2006:152809](http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml)  (fedoranews.org) vendor-advisory
- [VU#768702](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/768702)  (kb.cert.org) third-party-advisory
- [www3.br.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2005\_4.txt](http://www3.br.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2005%5F4.txt)
- [RHSA-2005:061](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-061.html)  (redhat.com) vendor-advisory
- [CLA-2005:931](http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000931)  (distro.conectiva.com.br) vendor-advisory
- [oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10656](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10656)  (oval.cisecurity.org) vdb-entry signature
- [MDKSA-2005:034](http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:034)  (mandriva.com) vendor-advisory
- [20050207 \[USN-77-1\] Squid vulnerabilities](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110780531820947&w=2)  (marc.info) mailing-list
- [SUSE-SA:2005:006](http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005%5F06%5Fsquid.html)  (novell.com) vendor-advisory
- [RHSA-2005:060](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-060.html)  (redhat.com) vendor-advisory

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Jan 27, 2005
2. Record published Feb 6, 2005
3. Record last updated Aug 7, 2024

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