Squid < 3.5.6 Squid Cache Peer CONNECT Remote Access Bypass

low Nessus Plugin ID 84674

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Synopsis

The remote proxy server is potentially affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Squid running on the remote host is prior to 3.5.6. It is, therefore, potentially affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability due to a flaw in file tunnel.cc, which is triggered whenever cache peer CONNECT responses are blindly forwarded in a hierarchy of two or more proxies, resulting in unrestricted access to a back-end proxy through its gateway proxy. A remote, unauthenticated attacker, using a specially crafted request, can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication or gain access to protected resources. This issue occurs in configurations with cache_peer enabled, and exploitation would require that the two proxies have differing levels of security.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number. The patch released to address this issue does not update the version in the banner. If the patch has been applied properly, and the service has been restarted, consider this to be a false positive.

Solution

Upgrade to Squid versions 3.5.6 or later, or apply the vendor-supplied patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 84674

File Name: squid_3_5_6.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: Firewalls

Published: 7/10/2015

Updated: 8/8/2018

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, www/squid

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2015

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