Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2009:034)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 37418

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Due to an internal error Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted requests. This problem allows any client to perform a denial of service attack on the Squid service (CVE-2009-0478).

The updated packages have been patched to adress this.

Solution

Update the affected squid and / or squid-cachemgr packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 37418

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-034.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

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:mandriva:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:squid-cachemgr, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0478

BID: 33604

CWE: 20

MDVSA: 2009:034

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