CVE-2013-0189

cachemgr.cgi in Squid 3.1.x and 3.2.x, possibly 3.1.22, 3.2.4, and other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a crafted request. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-5643, possibly involving an incorrect order of arguments or incorrect comparison.

Published: 2013-02-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0189 is rated Moderate Risk (52/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 69.68%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0189

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 2026-04-23 72.19% 69.68% -2.51%
2 2025-12-28 69.89% 72.19% +2.30%
3 2025-12-27 69.89%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0189

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0189

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0189

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-0189 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (squid), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0189
gentoo normal CVE-2013-0189: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-22), 1 atom(s) (net-proxy/squid); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0189
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0189
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0189 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (squid, squid3), 14 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 6, ignored 4, DNE 3, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0189

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-0189

Comment: Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1713-1/ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0189

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
squid-cache squid 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
squid-cache squid 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:squid-cache:squid:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0189

URL Tags
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~squid/squid/3.2/revision/11743
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~squid/squid/3.2/revision/11744
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2013-January/934637.html Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00032.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/52024 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54839
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2631
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:129
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57646
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/SQUID-2012_1.patch Patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/changesets/SQUID-2012_1.patch Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1713-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887962#c9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895972
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0029
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