CVE-2009-2855

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=31%3Bfilename=diff%3Batt=1%3Bbu…
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/20/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36091