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Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-h5x6-w8mv-xfpr, SQUID-2024:2)

🗓️ 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Squid DoS Vulnerability prior to version 6.

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151739");
  script_version("2025-01-13T08:32:03+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-13 08:32:03 +0000 (Mon, 13 Jan 2025)");
  # 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:"2025-01-09 13:51:19 +0000 (Thu, 09 Jan 2025)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-25617");

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

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

  script_name("Squid DoS Vulnerability (GHSA-h5x6-w8mv-xfpr, SQUID-2024:2)");

  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.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Due to a Collapse of Data into Unsafe Value bug, Squid may be
  vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against HTTP header parsing.

  This flaw was part of the 'Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 vulnerabilities and 35 0days'
  publication in October 2023 and filed as 'Memory Leak in HTTP Response Parsing'.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Squid versions prior to 6.5.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.5 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-h5x6-w8mv-xfpr");
  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://gist.github.com/rousskov/9af0d33d2a1f4b5b3b948b2da426e77d");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://megamansec.github.io/Squid-Security-Audit/response-memleaks.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_is_less(version: version, test_version: "6.5")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.5", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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20 Oct 2023 00:00Current
6.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.8
CVSS35.3 - 7.5
EPSS0.02072
SSVC
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