Debian DSA-721-1 : squid - design flaw

high Nessus Plugin ID 18242

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Michael Bhola discovered a bug in Squid, the popular WWW proxy cache.
Squid does not trigger a fatal error when it identifies missing or invalid ACLs in the http_access configuration, which could lead to less restrictive ACLs than intended by the administrator.

Solution

Upgrade the squid packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.6-2woody8.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=307132

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-721

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18242

File Name: debian_DSA-721.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1345

DSA: 721