HTTP: Squid Proxy ESI Response Processing Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Edge Side Includes (ESI) component of the Squid proxy. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to cause a denial of service condition for all clients accessing the Squid service.

Extended Description

client_side_request.cc in Squid 3.x before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses.

Affected Products

Squid-cache squid

References

CVE: CVE-2016-4555

Short Name
HTTP:PROXY:SQUID-PROXY-ESI-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2016-4555 Denial ESI Processing Proxy Response Service Squid of
Release Date
08/25/2016
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3602
False Positive
Rarely
Vendors

Oracle

Squid-cache

Canonical

CVSS Score

5.0

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