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

Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-73m6-jm96-c6r3, SQUID-2023:4)

2023-10-2000:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
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squid
denial of service
ssl certificate

8.6 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.7%

Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in
the SSL Certificate validation.

# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151251");
  script_version("2024-03-07T05:06:18+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-07 05:06:18 +0000 (Thu, 07 Mar 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:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-11-09 15:07:00 +0000 (Thu, 09 Nov 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-46724");

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

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

  script_name("Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-73m6-jm96-c6r3, SQUID-2023:4)");

  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
  the SSL Certificate validation.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Due to an Improper Validation of Specified Index bug Squid is
  vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against SSL Certificate validation.

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Squid version 3.3.0.1 through 6.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-73m6-jm96-c6r3");
  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/ssl-bufferunderread.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_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.3.0.1", test_version_up: "6.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

8.6 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.7%