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GLSA-200703-27 : Squid: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24932

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200703-27 (Squid: Denial of Service)

 Squid incorrectly handles TRACE requests that contain a 'Max-Forwards' header field with value '0' in the clientProcessRequest() function.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker can send specially crafted TRACE HTTP requests that will terminate the child process. A quickly repeated attack will lead to a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-proxy/squid-2.6.12'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200703-27

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24932

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200703-27.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/5/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:squid, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1560

GLSA: 200703-27