Squid is affected by a Denial of Service vulnerability.
Package | net-proxy/squid on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.6.12 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.6.12 |
Squid is a multi-protocol proxy server.
Squid incorrectly handles TRACE requests that contain a "Max-Forwards" header field with value "0" in the clientProcessRequest() function.
A remote attacker can send specially crafted TRACE HTTP requests that will terminate the child process. A quickly repeated attack will lead to a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-2.6.12"
Release date
March 31, 2007
Latest revision
March 31, 2007: 01
Severity
low
Exploitable
remote
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