Debian dsa-6047 : squid - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 272076

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6047 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6047-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff October 30, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : squid CVE ID : CVE-2025-62168

Leonardo Giovanni discovered that missing redaction of authentication data in the Squid proxy caching server could result in information disclosure.

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 5.7-2+deb12u4.

For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 6.13-2+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your squid packages.

For the detailed security status of squid please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/squid

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the squid packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 272076

File Name: debian_DSA-6047.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2025

Updated: 10/30/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62168

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squidclient, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-cgi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-purge, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62168

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