Squid < 2.4.STABLE2 mkdir-only PUT Request DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1524

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Squid caching proxy may be disabled remotely by any user by sending it a malformed 'mkdir-only' PUT request, denying access to legitimate users.

Solution

Upgrade to 2.4.STABLE2, or apply the vendor-supplied patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1524

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 10768

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0843

BID: 3354

Detections

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