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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Red Hat Local Security Checks >> RHSA-2005-766: squid Vulnerability Assessment Details
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RHSA-2005-766: squid |
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Check for the version of the squid packages Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment An updated Squid package that fixes security issues is now available. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache. A bug was found in the way Squid displays error messages. A remote attacker could submit a request containing an invalid hostname which would result in Squid displaying a previously used error message. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-2479 to this issue. Two denial of service bugs were found in the way Squid handles malformed requests. A remote attacker could submit a specially crafted request to Squid that would cause the server to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-2794 and CVE-2005-2796 to these issues. Please note that CVE-2005-2796 does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Users of Squid should upgrade to this updated package that contains backported patches, and is not vulnerable to these issues. Solution : http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security |
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