Detections
Analytics
Squid < 2.7.STABLE6 / 3.0.STABLE13 / 3.1.0.5 HTTP Version Number Request Remote DoS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35620
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Synopsis
The remote proxy server is susceptible to a denial of service attack.Description
The version of the Squid proxy caching server installed on the remote host may abort when parsing requests with an invalid HTTP version. A remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to crash the application, thereby denying service to legitimate users.Note that successful exploitation of this issue requires that Squid was not built with the 'NODEBUG' define.
Solution
Either apply the appropriate patches referenced in the project's advisory above or upgrade to Squid version 2.7.STABLE6 / 3.0.STABLE13 / 3.1.0.5 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35620
File Name: squid_http_version_dos.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: remote
Family: Firewalls
Published: 2/9/2009
Updated: 5/29/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0478
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0478
BID: 33604