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RHEL 3 : squid (RHSA-2004:462)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 15410
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.Description
An updated squid package that fixes a security vulnerability in the NTLM authentication helper is now available.Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache.
An out of bounds memory read bug was found within the NTLM authentication helper routine. If Squid is configured to use the NTLM authentication helper, a remote attacker could send a carefully crafted NTLM authentication packet and cause Squid to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0832 to this issue.
Note: The NTLM authentication helper is not enabled by default in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 is not vulnerable to this issue as it shipped with a version of Squid which did not contain the vulnerable helper.
Users of Squid should update to this erratum package, which contains a backported patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.
Solution
Update the affected squid package.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0832
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 15410
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-462.nasl
Version: 1.29
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/2/2004
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2004
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-0832
RHSA: 2004:462