Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDKSA-2007:068)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24894

Synopsis

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

Description

Due to an internal error Squid-2.6 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing the TRACE request method. This problem allows any client trusted to use the service to perform a denial of service attack on the Squid service.

Updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24894

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-068.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2007

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: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:squid-cachemgr, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1560

MDKSA: 2007:068

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