Squid Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (GHSA-w4gv-vw3f-29g3, SQUID-2025:1)
🗓️ 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 : squid (ALAS2023-2024-578) | 3 Apr 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian dla-4312 : squid - security update | 27 Sep 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian dsa-5982 : squid - security update | 21 Aug 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 41 : squid (2025-252c9276b3) | 27 Oct 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 42 : squid (2025-f0452df4e2) | 26 Oct 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 7 : squid (ELSA-2025-14414) | 30 Sep 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 7 : squid (ELSA-2025-19167) | 19 Nov 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 7 : squid (ELSA-2026-8880) | 20 May 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 9 : squid (RHSA-2023:7465) | 22 Nov 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 8 : squid:4 (RHSA-2023:7668) | 6 Dec 202300:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.155085");
script_version("2025-08-27T05:39:13+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-27 05:39:13 +0000 (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-08-04 02:20:49 +0000 (Mon, 04 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-08-26 16:55:12 +0000 (Tue, 26 Aug 2025)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2025-54574");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Squid Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (GHSA-w4gv-vw3f-29g3, SQUID-2025:1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 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 buffer overflow vulnerability in URN
handling.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Due to incorrect buffer management Squid is vulnerable to a
heap buffer overflow and possible remote code execution attack when processing URN.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Squid prior to version 6.4.");
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-w4gv-vw3f-29g3");
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: "6.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.4", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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27 Aug 2025 00:00Current
8.4High risk
Vulners AI Score8.4
CVSS 3.19.3 - 9.8
EPSS0.22918
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