Squid 2.x / 3.x < 3.1.22 / 3.2.4 / 3.3.0.2 cachemgr.cgi DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 63318

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Synopsis

The remote proxy server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Squid running on the remote host is 2.x or 3.x prior to 3.1.22 / 3.2.4 / 3.3.0.2. The included 'cachemgr.cgi' tool reportedly lacks input validation, which could be abused by any client able to access that tool to perform a denial of service attack on the service host. Note that Nessus did not actually test for this issue but has instead relied on the version in the server's banner.

Solution

Either upgrade to Squid version 3.1.22 / 3.2.4 / 3.3.0.2 or later, or apply the vendor-supplied patch.

Alternatively, restrict access to this CGI or limit CGI memory consumption via the host web server's configuration options.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 63318

File Name: squid_3_2_3.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 12/20/2012

Updated: 9/17/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5643

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/squid

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5643

BID: 56957

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