Debian DSA-3139-1 : squid - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81006

Synopsis

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

Description

Matthew Daley discovered that squid, a web proxy cache, does not properly perform input validation when parsing requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to mount a denial of service attack, by sending specially crafted Range requests.

Solution

Upgrade the squid packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.STABLE9-4.1+deb7u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776194

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/squid

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3139

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81006

File Name: debian_DSA-3139.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3609

BID: 69453

DSA: 3139