Squid ICAP Adaptation DoS Vulnerability (Mar 2009)
🗓️ 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100084");
script_version("2025-04-11T05:40:28+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-11 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 11 Apr 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-28 19:13:00 +0100 (Sat, 28 Mar 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Squid ICAP Adaptation DoS Vulnerability (Mar 2009)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_squid_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("squid/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20210130021156http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34277");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Squid is prone to a remote denial of service (DoS) vulnerability
because the proxy server fails to adequately bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it to
an insufficiently sized buffer.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successfully exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to
consume excessive memory, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Note that to exploit this issue, an attacker must be a legitimate client user of the proxy.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"The Squid 3.x branch is vulnerable.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to newer version if available.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( version_in_range( version:vers, test_version:"3", test_version2:"3.1.5" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"3.1.6" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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