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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.17154
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Proxy accepts CONNECT requests to itself
Summary:The proxy allows the users to perform; repeated CONNECT requests to itself.;; Note that if the proxy limits the number of connections from a single IP (e.g. acl maxconn with Squid),; it is protected against saturation and you may ignore this alert.
Description:Summary:
The proxy allows the users to perform
repeated CONNECT requests to itself.

Note that if the proxy limits the number of connections from a single IP (e.g. acl maxconn with Squid),
it is protected against saturation and you may ignore this alert.

Vulnerability Impact:
This allow anybody to saturate the proxy CPU, memory or
file descriptors.

Solution:
reconfigure your proxy so that it
refuses CONNECT requests to itself.

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CopyrightCopyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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