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Squid 3.0.STABLE16 / 3.10.11 Remote DoS

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801034

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack

Description

According to its banner, the version of the Squid proxy caching server installed on the remote host is older than 3.0.STABLE17 or 3.1.0.12. Such versions reportedly use incorrect bounds checking when processing some requests or responses. Squid-2.x releases are not vulnerable.

Solution

Either upgrade to Squid version 3.0.STABLE17 or 3.1.0.12 or later or apply the patch referenced in the project's advisory above.

See Also

http://.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2009_2.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 801034

Family: Web Servers

Published: 7/29/2009

Nessus ID: 40420

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2621, CVE-2009-2622

BID: 35812