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FreeBSD : squid -- multiple vulnerabilities (41f8af15-c8b9-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96117

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Synopsis

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

Description

Squid security advisory 2016:10 reports :

Due to incorrect comparison of request headers Squid can deliver responses containing private data to clients it should not have reached.

This problem allows a remote attacker to discover private and sensitive information about another clients browsing session.
Potentially including credentials which allow access to further sensitive resources. This problem only affects Squid configured to use the Collapsed Forwarding feature. It is of particular importance for HTTPS reverse-proxy sites with Collapsed Forwarding.

Squid security advisory 2016:11 reports :

Due to incorrect HTTP conditional request handling Squid can deliver responses containing private data to clients it should not have reached.

This problem allows a remote attacker to discover private and sensitive information about another clients browsing session.
Potentially including credentials which allow access to further sensitive resources..

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215416

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=215418

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_10.txt

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_11.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?3deea4cd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96117

File Name: freebsd_pkg_41f8af15c8b911e6ae1b002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 12/27/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10002, CVE-2016-10003