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Squid Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities April16 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is running Squid and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws exist due to, - A buffer overrun in the 'Icmp6::Recv' function in 'icmp/Icmp6.cc' script in the 'pinger' process. - An incorrect bounds checking while processing HTTP responses.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Squid version 3.x before 3.5.16 and 4.x before 4.0.8 on Windows.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Squid version 3.5.16 or 4.0.8 or later.