SuSE 11.3 Security Update : squid3 (SAT Patch Number 9138)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73708

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

A remote DoS attack in the Squid web proxy has been fixed.

Due to incorrect state management, Squid was vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing certain HTTPS requests. (CVE-2014-0128)

For more information see http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2014_1.txt .

Additionally, a bug in the logrotate configuration file has been fixed. The 'su' statement was moved into the 'logfile' section.
(bnc#677335)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9138.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73708

File Name: suse_11_squid3-140415.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/25/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:novell:suse_linux:11:squid3, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0128

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