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GLSA-201209-08 : SquidClamav: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62289

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201209-08 (SquidClamav: Denial of Service)

 SquidClamav does not properly escape URLs before passing them to the system command call.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted URL to SquidClamav, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SquidClamav users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-proxy/squidclamav-6.8'

See Also

https://squidclamav.darold.net/news.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62289

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201209-08.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 9/25/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:squidclamav, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3501

BID: 54663

GLSA: 201209-08