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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2009:161-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 40399
Synopsis
The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in squid :Due to incorrect buffer limits and related bound checks Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted requests or responses (CVE-2009-2621).
Due to incorrect data validation Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted responses (CVE-2009-2622).
This update provides fixes for these vulnerabilities.
Update :
Additional upstream security patches were applied :
Debug warnings fills up the logs.
Upstream Bug 2728: regression: assertion failed: http.cc:705: !eof
Solution
Update the affected squid and / or squid-cachemgr packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 40399
File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-161.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks
Published: 7/28/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:squid, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:squid-cachemgr, 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: 8/8/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2621, CVE-2009-2622
BID: 35812