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CVE-2009-2855

Published: 18 August 2009

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
reproducer in RH bug
reproducer doesn't work on 2.5 and 2.6, as code is different.
don't seem to be vulnerable.
micahg
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/squid3/current/changelog#version3.0.STABLE19-1 shows this CVE fixed, so marking as not-affected for lucid

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
squid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Not vulnerable
(2.5.12-4ubuntu2.4)
hardy Not vulnerable
(2.6.18-1ubuntu3)
intrepid
Released (2.7.STABLE3-1ubuntu2.2)
jaunty
Released (2.7.STABLE3-4.1ubuntu1.1)
karmic
Released (2.7.STABLE6-2ubuntu2.1)
lucid Not vulnerable
(2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu5)
maverick Not vulnerable
(2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu5)
natty Not vulnerable
(2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu5)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu5)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/squid/src/HttpHeaderTools.c.diff?r1=1.37.2.3&r2=1.37.2.4


squid3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Ignored
(end of life)
intrepid Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
jaunty
Released (3.0.STABLE8-3+lenny4build0.9.04.1)
karmic Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Not vulnerable
(3.0.STABLE19-1)
maverick Not vulnerable
(3.1.6-1.1ubuntu1)
natty Not vulnerable
(3.1.6-1.1ubuntu1)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(3.1.6-1.1ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (3.1.6-1.1)
Patches:

upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9163.patch
upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-9853.patch