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GLSA-200701-22 : Squid: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24258

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-22 (Squid: Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities)

 Squid fails to correctly handle ftp:// URI's. There is also an error in the external_acl queue which can cause an infinite looping condition.
 Impact :

 An attacker could attempt to retrieve a specially crafted URI via a Squid server causing the service to crash. If an attacker could generate a sufficiently high load on the Squid services, they could cause a Denial of Service by forcing Squid into an infinite loop.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-proxy/squid-2.6.7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24258

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200701-22.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/26/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:squid, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0247, CVE-2007-0248

BID: 22079, 22203

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200701-22