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Squid "clientAbortBody()" and PUT/POST Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12508
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Release Date:
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2004-09-13
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Last Update:
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2005-10-18
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Popularity:
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13,544 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Squid 2.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Squid, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) A NULL pointer dereference error within the "clientAbortBody()" function can potentially be exploited to crash Squid by visiting a malicious web site via the proxy.
The vulnerability has been reported in Squid 2.5.STABLE5.
2) A error in dereferencing freed memory during an aborted PUT or POST request can potentially be exploited to crash Squid.
The vulnerability has been reported in Squid 2.5.STABLE7.
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