FreeBSD : squid -- DNS lookup spoofing vulnerability (7e97b288-c7ca-11d9-9e1e-c296ac722cb3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19000

Synopsis

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

Description

The squid patches page notes :

Malicious users may spoof DNS lookups if the DNS client UDP port (random, assigned by OS as startup) is unfiltered and your network is not protected from IP spoofing.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3e955940

http://www.nessus.org/u?4b2b61b8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19000

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7e97b288c7ca11d99e1ec296ac722cb3.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd:squid, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1519

Secunia: 15294