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A vulnerability has been found in Squid Proxy up to 3.1.0.4 (Firewall Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file HttpMsg.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
Squid 2.7 to 2.7.STABLE5, 3.0 to 3.0.STABLE12, and 3.1 to 3.1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with an invalid version number, which triggers a reachable assertion in (1) HttpMsg.c and (2) HttpStatusLine.c.
The bug was discovered 02/02/2009. The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2009 by Joshua Morin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0478 since 02/08/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed by Praveen Darshanam in Perl and been published 1 days after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37418 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2009:034)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2570. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8675.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48484), Tenable (37418) and Exploit-DB (8021).
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Praveen Darshanam
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Nessus ID: 37418
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2009:034)
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OpenVAS ID: 63499
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1732-1 (squid3)
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Snort ID: 2570
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Invalid HTTP Version String
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Sources
Vendor: squid-cache.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Joshua Morin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0478 (🔍)
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X-Force: 48484
SecurityTracker: 1021684
Vulnerability Center: 20867 - Squid Web Proxy Cache Remote DoS Vulnerability via Invalid Version Number in HTTP Request, High
SecurityFocus: 33604 - Squid Web Proxy Cache HTTP Version Number Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 33731
OSVDB: 51810 - CVE-2009-0478 - Squid - Denial of Service Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/27/2019 09:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (93), 08/27/2019 09:46 (12)
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