Squid < 2.5.STABLE7 Report Information Disclosure

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2491

Synopsis

The remote proxy server may give an attacker information useful for future attacks.

Description

The remote host is running the Squid proxy. The server has web-based proxy reporting enabled. An attacker viewing these pages would be able to gain information that may be useful in future attacks. This occurs when Squid processes the configuration file, parses empty Access Control Lists (ACLs), including proxy_auth ACLs without defined auth schemes, in a way that effectively removes arguments, which could allow remote attackers to bypass intended ACLs if the administrator ignores the parser warnings.

Solution

Use ACLs to protect the Squid proxy reports. Alternatively, Squid 2.5.STABLE7 has been patched for this vulnerability.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 2491

Family: Web Servers

Published: 1/6/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0194

Detections

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