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Squid < 3.1.8 / 3.2.0.2 NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

medium Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801043

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running Squid, a web proxy application.
Versions of Squid earlier than 3.1.8 / 3.2.0.2 are potentially affected by a denial of service vulnerability caused by an internal error in its string handling. A remote attacker, exploiting this flaw, could crash the affected service.

Solution

Upgrade to Squid version 3.1.8, 3.2.0.2, or later.

See Also

http://.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2010_3.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 801043

Family: Web Servers

Published: 9/10/2010

Nessus ID: 49693

Vulnerability Information

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3072

BID: 42982