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HistoryOct 20, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-wgvf-q977-9xjg, SQUID-2024:3)

2023-10-2000:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
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squid
denial of service
vulnerability
out-of-bounds write
esi processing
memory corruption
buffer underflow
security audit

6.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%

Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in ESI
processing.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.114674");
  script_version("2024-06-28T05:05:33+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-06-28 05:05:33 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jun 2024)");
  # nb: This was initially a single VT which got split into multiple later. As we covered all flaws
  # at this time the original creation_date has been kept in all later created VTs.
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-10-20 08:47:30 +0000 (Fri, 20 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-37894");

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

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-wgvf-q977-9xjg, SQUID-2024:3)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_dependencies("gb_squid_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("squid/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in ESI
  processing.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Due to an Out-of-bounds Write error when assigning ESI
  variables, Squid is susceptible to a Memory Corruption error, which can result in a Denial of
  Service.

  This flaw was part of the 'Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 vulnerabilities and 35 0days'
  publication in October 2023 and filed as 'Buffer Underflow in ESI'.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Squid version 3.0 through 6.9.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.10 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-wgvf-q977-9xjg");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://megamansec.github.io/Squid-Security-Audit/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://joshua.hu/squid-security-audit-35-0days-45-exploits");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://megamansec.github.io/Squid-Security-Audit/esi-underflow.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "3.0", test_version2: "6.9")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.10", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

6.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.1%