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Debian DSA-688-1 : squid - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17196

Synopsis

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

Description

Upstream developers have discovered several problems in squid, the Internet object cache, the popular WWW proxy cache. A remote attacker can cause squid to crash via certain DNS responses.

Solution

Upgrade the squid package.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.6-2woody7.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-688

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17196

File Name: debian_DSA-688.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/23/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0446

DSA: 688