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Squid FTP URL Special Character Handling Remote Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 10923

Synopsis

The remote service is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote squid caching proxy, according to its version number, is vulnerable to various buffer overflows.

An attacker may use these to gain a shell on this system.

Solution

Upgrade to squid 2.4.STABLE7 or newer

See Also

http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2002_1.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 10923

File Name: squid_overflows.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 3/27/2002

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0068

BID: 4148