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Debian DSA-1482-1 : squid - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38954

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that malformed cache update replies against the Squid WWW proxy cache could lead to the exhaustion of system memory, resulting in potential denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the squid packages.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), the update cannot currently be processed on the buildd security network due to a bug in the archive management script. This will be resolved soon. An update for i386 is temporarily available at .

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.5-6etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1482

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38954

File Name: debian_DSA-1482.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:debian:debian_linux:squid, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6239

CWE: 20

DSA: 1482