Debian DSA-4751-1 : squid - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139929

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Squid, a fully featured web proxy cache, which could result in request splitting, request smuggling (leading to cache poisoning) and denial of service when processing crafted cache digest responses messages.

Solution

Upgrade the squid packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.6-1+deb10u4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139929

File Name: debian_DSA-4751.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/28/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15811

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15810, CVE-2020-15811, CVE-2020-24606

DSA: 4751

IAVB: 2020-B-0050-S

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