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Squid Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
17 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
A problem exists in the way the remote Squid proxy server handles a special 'mkdir-only' PUT request, and causes denial of service to the proxy server.
Solution
Solution
Apply the vendor released patch, for squid it is available at the linked references. You can also protect yourself by enabling access lists on your proxy.