RHEL 2.1 / 3 : squid (RHSA-2004:591)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15533

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated squid package that fixes a remote denial of service vulnerability is now available.

Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache.

iDEFENSE reported a flaw in the squid SNMP module. This flaw could allow an attacker who has the ability to send arbitrary packets to the SNMP port to restart the server, causing it to drop all open connections. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0918 to this issue.

All users of squid should update to this erratum package, which contains a backport of the security fix for this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected squid package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0918

http://www.nessus.org/u?d34310cf

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:591

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15533

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-591.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2004

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

Temporal Score: 3.7

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:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0918

BID: 11385

CWE: 399

RHSA: 2004:591