CVE-2006-0046

squid_redirect script in adzapper before 2006-01-29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a URL with a large number of trailing / (forward slashes), which might produce inefficient regular expressions.

Published: 2006-02-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0046 is rated Moderate Risk (59.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.64%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0046

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.46% 2.64% -0.83%
2 2025-03-30 3.03% 3.46% +0.43%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.03% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0046

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0046

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0046

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0046 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (adzapper), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0046

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0046

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-01 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-05 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-07 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-14 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-15 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-23 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-24 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-25 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-28 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cameron_simpson adzapper 2006-01-29 cpe:2.3:a:cameron_simpson:adzapper:2006-01-29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0046

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