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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55816
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-809-3)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squid' package(s) announced via the DSA-809-3 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squid' package(s) announced via the DSA-809-3 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Certain aborted requests that trigger an assertion in squid, the popular WWW proxy cache, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This update also fixes a regression caused by DSA 751. For completeness below is the original advisory text:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squid, the popular WWW proxy cache. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CAN-2005-2794

Certain aborted requests that trigger an assert may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

CAN-2005-2796

Specially crafted requests can cause a denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.6-2woody10.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.9-10sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.10-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your squid package.

Affected Software/OS:
'squid' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2794
14761
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14761
16977
http://secunia.com/advisories/16977
17027
http://secunia.com/advisories/17027
DSA-809
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-809
FLSA-2006:152809
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
GLSA-200509-06
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-06.xml
MDKSA-2005:162
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:162
RHSA-2005:766
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html
SUSE-SA:2005:053
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_53_squid.html
SUSE-SR:2005:021
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-STORE_PENDING
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10276
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10276
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2796
1014846
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014846
14731
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14731
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE10-sslConnectTimeout
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10522
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10522
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