Improper Input Validation Affecting squid package, versions [,2.7]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
96.56% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SQUID-2370835
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Aug 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2009

CVE-2009-2855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for squid.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The strListGetItem function in src/HttpHeaderTools.c in Squid 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters that trigger an infinite loop of calls to the strcspn function.

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