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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.705171
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5171-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squid' package(s) announced via the DSA-5171-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'squid' package(s) announced via the DSA-5171-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple security issues were discovered in the Squid proxy caching server:

CVE-2021-28116

Amos Jeffries discovered an information leak if WCCPv2 is enabled

CVE-2021-46784

Joshua Rogers discovered that an error in parsing Gopher server responses may result in denial of service

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 4.6-1+deb10u7.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 4.13-10+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your squid packages.

For the detailed security status of squid please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'squid' package(s) on Debian 10, Debian 11.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-28116
Debian Security Information: DSA-5171 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5171
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-14
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-rgf3-9v3p-qp82
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-157/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/04/1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-46784
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/21/1
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