FreeBSD : squid -- correct handling of oversized HTTP reply headers (bfda39de-7467-11d9-9e1e-c296ac722cb3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19108

Synopsis

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

Description

The squid patches page notes :

This patch addresses a HTTP protocol mismatch related to oversized reply headers. In addition it enhances the cache.log reporting on reply header parsing failures to make it easier to track down which sites are malfunctioning.

It is believed that this bug may lead to cache pollution or allow access controls to be bypassed.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19108

File Name: freebsd_pkg_bfda39de746711d99e1ec296ac722cb3.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

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: 2/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0241

CERT: 823350

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