Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2008:134)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36563

Synopsis

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

Description

An incorrect fix for CVE-2007-6239 resulted in Squid not performing proper bounds checking when processing cache update replies. Because of this, a remote authenticated user might have been able to trigger an assertion error and cause a denial of service (CVE-2008-1612).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36563

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-134.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1612

BID: 28693

CWE: 20

MDVSA: 2008:134

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