Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150942
Category:	Web Servers
Title:	Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-jm7h-w5q5-jpq9, SQUID-2020:13)
Summary:	Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: This problem allows a remote gopher: server to trigger a buffer overflow by delivering large gopher protocol responses. On most operating systems with memory protection this will halt Squid service immediately, causing a denial of service to all Squid clients. The gopher protocol is always available and enabled in Squid prior to Squid 6.0.1. Affected Software/OS: Squid prior to version 6.0.1. Solution: Update to version 6.0.1 or later. As a workaround reject all gopher URL requests. Please see the referenced vendor advisory for more information. CVSS Score: 7.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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