Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : squid (MDVSA-2010:060)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45031

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Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in squid :

The htcpHandleTstRequest function in htcp.c in Squid 2.x and 3.0 through 3.0.STABLE23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted packets to the HTCP port, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2010-0639).

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers.

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: 45031

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2010-060.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 3/11/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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:2008.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0639

BID: 38212

CWE: 20

MDVSA: 2010:060

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