Check Point Advisories

Squid-Cache Squid Denial of Service (CVE-2016-2569)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-0502
Date Published:	13 Jun 2016
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 29 September, 2024
Source:	Squid SQUID-2016_2
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-2569
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Squid Project Squid 3.x prior to 3.5.15 Squid Project Squid 4.0.x prior to 4.0.7
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Squid-Cache Squid. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Squid-Cache Squid Denial of Service (CVE-2016-2569) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Proxy Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Squid-Cache Squid Denial of Service (CVE-2016-2569)