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CVE Request -- Squid -- Denial of service due internal error in string handling (SQUID-2010:3)
From: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov () redhat com>
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:21:18 +0200
Hello Steve, vendors, Squid upstream has announced SQUID-2010:3: [1] http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2010_3.txt addressing one denial of service issue: A denial of service flaw was found in the way Squid proxy caching server internally processed NULL buffers. A remote, trusted client could use this flaw to cause squid daemon crash (dereference NULL pointer) when processing specially-crafted request. ( Flaw description based on details from [1]. Henrik, please correct / complete me if something isn't appropriate and needs change. Thanks, Jan ) Upstream patch (against Squid v3.0): [2] http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9189.patch Upstream patch (against Squid v3.1): [3] http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10090.patch Credit: The vulnerability was discovered by Phil Oester. References: [4] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=630444 Steve, could you please allocate CVE id for this issue? Thanks && Regards, Jan. -- Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team
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