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Debian DSA-1991-1 : squid/squid3 - denial of service
medium Nessus Plugin ID 44855
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Two denial of service vulnerabilities have been discovered in squid and squid3, a web proxy. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-2855 Bastian Blank discovered that it is possible to cause a denial of service via a crafted auth header with certain comma delimiters.
- CVE-2010-0308 Tomas Hoger discovered that it is possible to cause a denial of service via invalid DNS header-only packets.
Solution
Upgrade the squid/squid3 packages.For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.STABLE3-4.1lenny1 of the squid package and version 3.0.STABLE8-3+lenny3 of the squid3 package.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.5-6etch5 of the squid package and version 3.0.PRE5-5+etch2 of the squid3 package.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534982
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2855
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 44855
File Name: debian_DSA-1991.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2855, CVE-2010-0308
CWE: 20
DSA: 1991