Debian DSA-4873-1 : squid - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 148172

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jianjun Chen discovered that the Squid proxy caching server was susceptible to HTTP request smuggling.

Solution

Upgrade the squid packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.6-1+deb10u5.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148172

File Name: debian_DSA-4873.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2021

Updated: 4/1/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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: 3/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25097

DSA: 4873

IAVB: 2021-B-0021

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