A vulnerability has been identified in Squid, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused due to incorrect bounds checking within the "httpHeaderUpdate()" [HttpHeader.c] function when processing cache update replies, which could be exploited by malicious clients to crash an affected server, creating a denial of service condition.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Wikimedia Foundation.
ChangeLog
2007-12-04 : Initial release
2008-04-09 : Updated Solution
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