Squid Cache Update Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Squid Cache Update Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA27910	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2007-12-04
Last Update:	2008-04-09
Popularity:	7,733 views

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Squid 2.x

Binary Analysis:	BA253 :: Available for 1 Credit

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CVE reference:	CVE-2007-6239 CVE-2008-1612

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Squid, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the processing of cache update replies and can be exploited to crash an affected server. The vulnerability is reported in Squid 2.x versions prior to 2.6.STABLE18. Solution: Update to version 2.6.STABLE18 or apply patches: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11780.patch http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/changesets/11882.patch Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Changelog: 2007-12-05: Added CVE reference. 2007-12-11: Added link to US-CERT. 2008-04-09: Updated "Description" and "Solution" sections due to the previous fix being incomplete. Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_2.txt Other References: US-CERT VU#232881: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/232881

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