RedHat 6.0 cachemgr.cgi

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 1999 A. de Bernis
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10034");
  script_version("2025-04-11T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-11 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 11 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2059");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0710");
  script_name("RedHat 6.0 cachemgr.cgi");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 1999 A. de Bernis");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "httpver.nasl", "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"If you are not using the box as a Squid www proxy/cache server then
  uninstall the package by executing:

  /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid stop, rpm -e squid

  If you want to continue using the Squid proxy server software, make the
  following actions to tighten security access to the manager interface:

  mkdir /home/httpd/protected-cgi-bin

  mv /home/httpd/cgi-bin/cachemgr.cgi /home/httpd/protected-cgi-bin/

  And add the following directives to /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf:

  # Protected cgi-bin directory for programs that

  # should not have public access

  order deny, allow

  deny from all

  allow from localhost

  #allow from .your_domain.com

  AllowOverride None

  Options ExecCGI

  and /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf:

  ScriptAlias /protected-cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/protected-cgi-bin/");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"RedHat Linux 6.0 installs by default a squid cache manager cgi script with
  no restricted access permissions. This script could be used to perform a port scan from the cgi-host machine.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_404.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");

port = http_get_port(default:80);

cgi = "cachemgr.cgi";
res = http_is_cgi_installed_ka(item:cgi, port:port);
if(res) {
  security_message(port:port);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);