Squid < 2.6 STABLE12 TRACE Request DoS

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801033

Synopsis

The remote proxy server is vulnerable to a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

A vulnerability in TRACE request processing has been reported in Squid that can be exploited by malicious people to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6 STABLE12 or higher.

See Also

http://.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_1.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 801033

Family: Web Servers

Nessus ID: 24873

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1560

BID: 23085