Debian DSA-751-1 : squid - IP spoofing

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18667

Synopsis

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

Description

The upstream developers have discovered a bug in the DNS lookup code of Squid, the popular WWW proxy cache. When the DNS client UDP port (assigned by the operating system at startup) is unfiltered and the network is not protected from IP spoofing, malicious users can spoof DNS lookups which could result in users being redirected to arbitrary web sites.

Solution

Upgrade the squid package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.6-2woody9.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has already been fixed in version 2.5.9-9.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18667

File Name: debian_DSA-751.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1519

DSA: 751

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