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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840387
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-901-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'squid' package(s) announced via the USN-901-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'squid' package(s) announced via the USN-901-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain auth headers. A
remote attacker could exploit this with a specially-crafted auth header
and cause Squid to go into an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10.
(CVE-2009-2855)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain DNS packets. A
remote attacker could exploit this with a specially-crafted DNS packet
and cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2010-0308)

Affected Software/OS:
'squid' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10.

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-2009-2855
BugTraq ID: 36091
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36091
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=31;filename=diff;att=1;bug=534982
http://www.squid-cache.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=2704
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/20/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/04/6
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10592
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022757
XForce ISS Database: squid-strlistgetitem-dos(52610)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52610
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-0308
1023520
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023520
37522
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37522
38451
http://secunia.com/advisories/38451
38455
http://secunia.com/advisories/38455
62044
http://osvdb.org/62044
ADV-2010-0260
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0260
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/attachments/1483_26c3_ipv4_fuckups.pdf
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2010_1.txt
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/HEAD/changesets/12597.patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9163.patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-9853.patch
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11270
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11270
squid-dns-dos(56001)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56001
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