FreeBSD : squid -- DoS on failed PUT/POST requests vulnerability (8dbf7894-a9a8-11d9-a788-0001020eed82)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19025

Synopsis

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

Description

The squid patches page notes :

An inconsistent state is entered on a failed PUT/POST request making a high risk for segmentation faults or other strange errors

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cbfa0a4f

https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1224

http://www.nessus.org/u?f5b4fd6d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19025

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8dbf7894a9a811d9a7880001020eed82.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:freebsd:freebsd:squid, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0718