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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151739
Category:Web Servers
Title:Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-h5x6-w8mv-xfpr, SQUID-2024:2)
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:
Due to a Collapse of Data into Unsafe Value bug, Squid may be
vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against HTTP header parsing.

This flaw was part of the 'Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 vulnerabilities and 35 0days'
publication in October 2023 and filed as 'Memory Leak in HTTP Response Parsing'.

Affected Software/OS:
Squid versions prior to 6.5.

Solution:
Update to version 6.5 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-2024-25617
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/72a3bbd5e431597c3fdb56d752bc56b010ba3817
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-h5x6-w8mv-xfpr
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