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Squid HTCP Packets Processing 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

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running Squid and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to error in 'htcpHandleTstRequest()' function in 'htcp.c', when processing malformed HTCP (Hypertext Caching Protocol) packets.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Squid Version 2.x, and 3.0 to 3.0.STABLE23

Solution

Solution

Apply the patches from the references or upgrade to the squid version 3.0.STABLE24.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)