Squid httpd acceleration acl bug enables portscanning

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Security Advisory: NASR-2001-001 [email protected] Date: 18 July 2001 Summary: Squid can be used to proxy and also portscan if set up as a httpd accelerator reverse proxy. Versions Affected: 2.3STABLE3 and 2.3STABLE4 unpatched This includes the RedHa...

Squid Web Proxy 2.3 - Reverse Proxy

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3062/info Squid is a free client-side web proxy that retrieves cached web pages for quick browsers and a reduction in bandwidth consumption. Squid servers, when configured as an "HTTP accelerator only", may allow remote attackers to use them as port...