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FreeBSD : squid -- FTP server response handling denial of service (1c3142a3-4ab2-11da-932d-00055d790c25)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21393

Synopsis

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

Description

A Secunia Advisory reports :

M.A.Young has reported a vulnerability in Squid, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in handling certain FTP server responses. This can be exploited to crash Squid by visiting a malicious FTP server via the proxy.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?01c0d972

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21393

File Name: freebsd_pkg_1c3142a34ab211da932d00055d790c25.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:squid

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3258

Secunia: 17271