Squid 3.x < 3.2.9 / 3.3.x < 3.3.3 strHdrAcptLangGetItem DoS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6748

Synopsis

The remote proxy server is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack.

Description

Squid version prior to 3.2.9 or 3.3.3 are potentially affected by a denial of service vulnerability. An error exists in the function 'strHdrAcptLangGetItem' in the field 'errorpage.cc' that would allow certain 'Accept-Language' HTTP headers to cause a denial of service condition.

Solution

Upgrade to Squid 3.2.9 / 3.3.3 or later, or apply the vedor-supplied patch

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 6748

Family: Web Servers

Published: 3/26/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 65601

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1839

BID: 58316

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