FreeBSD Ports: squid

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. VID bfda39de-7467-11d9-9e1e-c296ac722cb3 OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from vuxml or freebsd advisories Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

Squid fails to properly handle oversized reply headers

Overview The Squid web proxy cache may be vulnerable to oversized HTTP reply headers. Description Squid functions as a web proxy and cache application for a number of protocols, including the hypertext transfer protocol HTTP. A defect in the Squid HTTP handling prevents oversized reply headers...

squid -- correct handling of oversized HTTP reply headers

The squid patches page notes: This patch addresses a HTTP protocol mismatch related to oversized reply headers. In addition it enhances the cache.log reporting on reply header parsing failures to make it easier to track down which sites are malfunctioning. It is believed that this bug may lead to...