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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100705
Category:Web Servers
Title:Squid Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities (GHSA-543m-w2m2-g255, SQUID-2023:2)
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 following flaws exist:

- Due to an Improper Handling of Structural Elements bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of
Service attack against HTTP and HTTPS clients.

- Due to an Incomplete Filtering of Special Elements bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of
Service attack against HTTP and HTTPS clients.

These flaws were part of the 'Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 vulnerabilities and 35 0days'
publication in October 2023 and filed as 'Cache Poisoning by Large Stored Response Headers (With
Bonus XSS)'.

Affected Software/OS:
Squid versions prior to 6.4.

Solution:
Update to version 6.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-5824
RHBZ#2245914
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245914
RHSA-2023:7465
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7465
RHSA-2023:7668
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7668
RHSA-2024:0072
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0072
RHSA-2024:0397
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0397
RHSA-2024:0771
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0771
RHSA-2024:0772
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0772
RHSA-2024:0773
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0773
RHSA-2024:1153
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1153
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5824
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-543m-w2m2-g255
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0003/
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