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TITLE:
Squid "sslConnectTimeout()" Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16674

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16674/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Squid 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/310/

DESCRIPTION:
Alex Masterov has reported a vulnerability in Squid, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the
"sslConnectTimeout()" function after handling malformed requests.
This may be exploited to crash Squid.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch for 2.5.STABLE10:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout.patch

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Alex Masterov

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout

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