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Squid 3.x < 3.0.STABLE26 / 3.1.15 / 3.2.0.11 Gopher Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56215

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Synopsis

The remote proxy server is affected by a buffer overflow.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Squid running on the remote host is 3.x prior to 3.0.STABLE26 / 3.1.15 / 3.2.0.11. It reportedly contains a buffer overflow when parsing responses from Gopher servers that results in memory corruption and usually causes the Squid server itself to crash.

Note that Nessus has relied only on the version in the proxy server's banner, which is not updated by either of the patches the project has released to address the issue. If one of those has been applied properly and the service is restarted, consider this to be a false positive.

Solution

Upgrade to Squid version 3.0.STABLE26 / 3.1.15 / 3.2.0.11 or later.

See Also

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2011_3.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56215

File Name: squid_3_2_0_11.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 9/16/2011

Updated: 7/30/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/squid

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3205

BID: 49356