RHEL 4 : squid (RHSA-2005:415)

high Nessus Plugin ID 18500

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for squid.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:415 advisory.

Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache.

A race condition bug was found in the way Squid handles the now obsolete Set-Cookie header. It is possible that Squid can leak Set-Cookie header information to other clients connecting to Squid. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0626 to this issue. Please note that this issue only affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

A bug was found in the way Squid handles PUT and POST requests. It is possible for an authorised remote user to cause a failed PUT or POST request which can cause Squid to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0718 to this issue.

A bug was found in the way Squid processes errors in the access control list. It is possible that an error in the access control list could give users more access than intended. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1345 to this issue.

A bug was found in the way Squid handles access to the cachemgr.cgi script.
It is possible for an authorised remote user to bypass access control lists with this flaw. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-1999-0710 to this issue.

A bug was found in the way Squid handles DNS replies. If the port Squid uses for DNS requests is not protected by a firewall it is possible for a remote attacker to spoof DNS replies, possibly redirecting a user to spoofed or malicious content. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1519 to this issue.

Additionally this update fixes the following bugs:
- LDAP Authentication fails with an assertion error when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Users of Squid should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL squid package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:415.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18500

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-415.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/16/2005

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-1345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0718

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/1999

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0710, CVE-2005-0626, CVE-2005-0718, CVE-2005-1345, CVE-2005-1519

RHSA: 2005:415

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