Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.101105
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Squid External Auth Header Parser DOS Vulnerabilities
Summary:	Check for the version of Squid
Description:	Overview: This host is running Squid and is prone to Denial Of Service vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to error in 'strListGetItem()' function within 'src/HttpHeaderTools.c'. 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 Fix: Upgrade to Squid Version 3.1.4 or later, For further updates refer, http://www.squid-cache.org/Download/ References: http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2704 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2855 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 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 BugTraq ID: 36091 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36091 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10592 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022757 XForce ISS Database: squid-strlistgetitem-dos(52610) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52610
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