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FreeBSD : squid -- possible abuse of cachemgr.cgi (a395397c-c7c8-11d9-9e1e-c296ac722cb3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 19055

Synopsis

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

Description

The squid patches page notes :

This patch adds access controls to the cachemgr.cgi script, preventing it from being abused to reach other servers than allowed in a local configuration file.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?bd464e09

https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1094

http://www.nessus.org/u?57faceb3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19055

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a395397cc7c811d99e1ec296ac722cb3.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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: 7/29/1999

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-1999-0710