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Debian DSA-4732-1 : squid - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 138860

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two security issues were discovered in the Squid proxy caching server, which could result in cache poisoning, request smuggling and incomplete validation of hostnames in cachemgr.cgi.

Solution

Upgrade the squid packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.6-1+deb10u3.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/squid

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4732

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138860

File Name: debian_DSA-4732.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2020

Updated: 5/13/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15049

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18860, CVE-2020-15049

DSA: 4732