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CentOS 5 / 6 : squid (CESA-2014:1148)
high Nessus Plugin ID 77509
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.Description
An updated squid package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
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 handled malformed HTTP Range headers. A remote attacker able to send HTTP requests to the Squid proxy could use this flaw to crash Squid. (CVE-2014-3609)
A buffer overflow flaw was found in Squid's DNS lookup module. A remote attacker able to send HTTP requests to the Squid proxy could use this flaw to crash Squid. (CVE-2013-4115)
Red Hat would like to thank the Squid project for reporting the CVE-2014-3609 issue. Upstream acknowledges Matthew Daley as the original reporter.
All Squid users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Update the affected squid package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 77509
File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1148.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 9/4/2014
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: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4115
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:squid, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-4115, CVE-2014-3609
RHSA: 2014:1148