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FreeBSD : squid -- denial of service (30a04ab4-ed7b-11e2-8643-8c705af55518)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68898

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Squid project reports :

Due to incorrect data validation Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted HTTP requests

This problem allows any client who can generate HTTP requests to perform a denial of service attack on the Squid service.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2013_3.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?d4846144

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68898

File Name: freebsd_pkg_30a04ab4ed7b11e286438c705af55518.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 7/16/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:squid, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4123