Squid 3.x < 3.2.9 / 3.3.3 strHdrAcptLangGetItem Malformed Accept-Language Denial of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 65601

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Synopsis

The remote proxy server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Squid running on the remote host is 3.2.x prior to 3.2.9 or 3.3.x prior to 3.3.3 and is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability. An error exists in the function 'strHdrAcptLangGetItem' in the file 'errorpage.cc' that could allow certain 'Accept-Language' HTTP headers to cause a denial of service condition.

Note that Nessus has relied only on the version in the proxy server's banner, which is not updated by the patch the project has released to address the issue. If this patch has been applied properly and the service has been restarted, consider this to be a false positive.

Solution

Either upgrade to Squid version 3.2.9 / 3.3.3 or later, or apply the vendor-supplied patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 65601

File Name: squid_3_2_9.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 3/18/2013

Updated: 11/27/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1839

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/squid

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1839

BID: 58316

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