Squid Proxy Range Header DoS
Description
The range handler in The Squid Caching Proxy Server 3.0-4.1.4 and 5.0.1-5.0.5 suffers from multiple vulnerabilities triggered by specific HTTP requests and responses. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service through specifically crafted requests.
Author(s)
- Joshua Rogers
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/dos/http/squid_range_dos
msf auxiliary(squid_range_dos) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(squid_range_dos) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(squid_range_dos) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(squid_range_dos) > run 
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