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Scientific Linux Security Update : squid on SL6.x i386/x86_64

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61048

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Synopsis

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

Description

Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data objects.

It was found that string comparison functions in Squid did not properly handle the comparisons of NULL and empty strings. A remote, trusted web client could use this flaw to cause the squid daemon to crash via a specially crafted request. (CVE-2010-3072)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

 - A small memory leak in Squid caused multiple 'ctx: enter level' messages to be logged to '/var/log/squid/cache.log'. This update resolves the memory leak. (BZ#666533)

 - This erratum upgrades Squid to upstream version 3.1.10.
 This upgraded version supports the Google Instant service and introduces various code improvements.
 (BZ#639365)

Users of squid should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.

Solution

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639365

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=666533

http://www.nessus.org/u?4c37de8e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61048

File Name: sl_20110519_squid_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3072