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FreeBSD: VID-D5B6D151-1887-11E8-94F7-9C5C8E75236A (CVE-2018-1000024): squid -- Vulnerable to Denial of Service attack

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FreeBSD: VID-D5B6D151-1887-11E8-94F7-9C5C8E75236A (CVE-2018-1000024): squid -- Vulnerable to Denial of Service attack

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/24/2018
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

The Squid Software Foundation Squid HTTP Caching Proxy version 3.0 to 3.5.27, 4.0 to 4.0.22 contains a Incorrect Pointer Handling vulnerability in ESI Response Processing that can result in Denial of Service for all clients using the proxy.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Remote server delivers an HTTP response payload containing valid but unusual ESI syntax.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.0.23 and later.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-squid
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-squid-devel

References

  • USN-3557-1
  • DSA-4122
  • CVE-2018-1000024

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