FreeBSD : squid -- HTTP response splitting cache pollution attack (4e4bd2c2-6bd5-11d9-9e1e-c296ac722cb3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18930

Synopsis

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

Description

According to a whitepaper published by Sanctum, Inc., it is possible to mount cache poisoning attacks against, among others, squid proxies by inserting false replies into the HTTP stream.

The squid patches page notes :

This patch additionally strengthens Squid from the HTTP response attack described by Sanctum.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18930

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4e4bd2c26bd511d99e1ec296ac722cb3.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:squid, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0175

CERT: 625878

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