RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : squid (RHSA-2005:766)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19713

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated Squid package that fixes security issues is now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache.

A bug was found in the way Squid displays error messages. A remote attacker could submit a request containing an invalid hostname which would result in Squid displaying a previously used error message. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-2479 to this issue.

Two denial of service bugs were found in the way Squid handles malformed requests. A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted request to Squid that would cause the server to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-2794 and CVE-2005-2796 to these issues.

Please note that CVE-2005-2796 does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1

Users of Squid should upgrade to this updated package that contains backported patches, and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected squid package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-2479

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-2794

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-2796

https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1143

https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368

https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1325

https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1355

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:766

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19713

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-766.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2479, CVE-2005-2794, CVE-2005-2796

RHSA: 2005:766