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Squid HTTP Range Request Handling 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

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is running Squid and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Due to incorrect input validation in request parsing Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing Range requests.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Squid 3.x -> 3.3.12 Squid 3.4 -> 3.4.6

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Apply the patch or upgrade to version Squid 3.4.7, 3.3.13 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)