RULE(RULE ID:317692)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2017-07-27
Rule Name: Squid Squoison Host Header Cache Poisoning Vulnerability -2 (CVE-2016-4553)
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Rule Protection Details
Description: client_side.cc in Squid before 3.5.18 and 4.x before 4.0.10 does not properly ignore the Host header when absolute-URI is provided, which allows remote attackers to conduct cache-poisoning attacks via an HTTP request.
Impact: An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending a crafted request to a website through the proxy server. Successful exploit can cause the Squid proxy's cache to be poisoned with the attacker's chosen content.
Affected OS: Solaris, FreeBSD, Windows, Linux, Other Unix, Mac OS, Others
Reference: SecurityTrackerID:1035768
Solutions
More advisories have been published on the website, please visit for more suggestions:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_7.txt