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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.101105
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Squid < 3.1.4 External Auth Header Parser DoS Vulnerabilities
Summary:Squid is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS); vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Squid is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS)
vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to error in 'strListGetItem()' function within
'src/HttpHeaderTools.c'.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a
denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite
loop of calls to the strcspn function.

Affected Software/OS:
Squid version 2.7.x.

Solution:
Update to version 3.1.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2855
BugTraq ID: 36091
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36091
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=31;filename=diff;att=1;bug=534982
http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2704
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/20/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/6
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10592
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022757
XForce ISS Database: squid-strlistgetitem-dos(52610)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52610
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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