CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
89.8%
Squid is prone to a heap overflow vulnerability due to incorrect buffer
management when processing HTTP Authentication credentials.
# Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:squid-cache:squid";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.142633");
script_version("2023-03-02T10:19:53+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-03-02 10:19:53 +0000 (Thu, 02 Mar 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-07-19 08:08:43 +0000 (Fri, 19 Jul 2019)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-02-28 20:49:00 +0000 (Tue, 28 Feb 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-12527");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Squid Security Update Advisory (SQUID-2019:5)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
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 heap overflow vulnerability due to incorrect buffer
management when processing HTTP Authentication credentials.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This allows a malicious client to write a substantial amount of arbitrary data
to the heap. Potentially gaining ability to execute arbitrary code.
On systems with memory access protections this can result in the Squid process being terminated unexpectedly.
Resulting in a denial of service for all clients using the proxy.
This issue is limited to traffic accessing the Squid Cache Manager reports or using the FTP protocol gateway.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Squid versions 4.0.23 through 4.7.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.8 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_5.txt");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "4.0.23", test_version2: "4.7")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.8");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
89.8%