When was CVE-2005-2796 disclosed?

CVE-2005-2796 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 7, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-2796 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-2796 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 94.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-2796?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-2796, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-2796

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

The sslConnectTimeout function in ssl.c for Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via certain crafted requests.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 94.7%
KEV: Not listed

References (26)

secalert@redhathttp://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/16977
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17027
secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014846
secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-809
secalert@redhathttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-06.xml
secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:162
secalert@redhathttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_53_squid.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14731
secalert@redhathttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout
secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10522
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16977

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