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HistoryJan 09, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

Squid: Denial of service

2008-01-0900:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
26
squid
proxy server
vulnerability
denial of service
memory leak
remote attacker
cache updates

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

0.423

Percentile

97.4%

Background

Squid is a multi-protocol proxy server.

Description

The Wikimedia Foundation reported a memory leak vulnerability when performing cache updates.

Impact

A remote attacker could perform numerous specially crafted requests to the vulnerable server, resulting in a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-2.6.17"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-proxy/squid<Β 2.6.17UNKNOWN

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS

0.423

Percentile

97.4%