Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDKSA-2005:181)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20041

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Squid 2.5.9, while performing NTLM authentication, does not properly handle certain request sequences, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart).

The updated packages have been patched to address these issues.

Solution

Update the affected squid and / or squid-cachemgr packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20041

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-181.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 10/19/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:squid-cachemgr, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2917

MDKSA: 2005:181

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