[security-alerts] FW: [SA24611] Squid TRACE Request Denial of Service Vulnerability

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> TITLE:
> Squid TRACE Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
> 
> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA24611
> 
> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/24611/
> 
> CRITICAL:
> Moderately critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> DoS
> 
> WHERE:
> From remote
> 
> SOFTWARE:
> Squid 2.x
> http://secunia.com/product/310/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in Squid, which can be exploited by
> malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
> 
> The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the processing of
> TRACE requests in squid/src/client_side.c. This can be exploited to
> crash the service via a specially crafted TRACE request.
> 
> The vulnerability is reported in all Squid 2.6 versions up to
> 2.6.STABLE11.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 2.6.STABLE12.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Reported by the vendor.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2007_1.txt
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