CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : squid (CESA-2007:1130)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29730

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated squid packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for Web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects.

A flaw was found in the way squid stored HTTP headers for cached objects in system memory. An attacker could cause squid to use additional memory, and trigger high CPU usage when processing requests for certain cached objects, possibly leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2007-6239)

Users of squid are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected squid package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29730

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-1130.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 12/19/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:squid, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6239

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2007:1130

Detections

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