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FreeBSD : squid -- possible denial of service condition regarding NTLM authentication (44e7764c-2614-11da-9e1e-c296ac722cb3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21422

Synopsis

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

Description

The squid patches page notes :

Squid may crash with the above error [FATAL: Incorrect scheme in auth header] when given certain request sentences.

Workaround: disable NTLM authentication.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1391

http://www.nessus.org/u?133a8605

http://www.nessus.org/u?844fb07b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21422

File Name: freebsd_pkg_44e7764c261411da9e1ec296ac722cb3.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2917

BID: 14977

Secunia: 16992