Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Out-of-bounds Write error when assigning ESI variables, Squid is susceptible to a Memory Corruption error. This error can lead to a Denial of Service attack.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5906 advisory.

    Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data     objects.

    Security Fix(es):

    * squid: Out-of-bounds write error may lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-37894)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5751 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5751-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     August 19, 2024                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : squid     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-37894

    Joshua Rogers that incorrect parsing of ESI variables in the Squid proxy     caching server could result in memory corruption.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 5.7-2+deb12u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your squid packages.

    For the detailed security status of squid please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/squid

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of squid installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.20-17. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2609 advisory.

    Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Out-of-bounds Write     error when assigning ESI variables, Squid is susceptible to a Memory Corruption error. This error can lead     to a Denial of Service attack. (CVE-2024-37894)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-687 advisory.

    Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Out-of-bounds Write     error when assigning ESI variables, Squid is susceptible to a Memory Corruption error. This error can lead     to a Denial of Service attack. (CVE-2024-37894)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:4861 advisory.

    * squid: vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Cache Manager error responses (CVE-2024-23638)
    * squid: Out-of-bounds write error may lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-37894)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:4861 advisory.

    * squid: vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Cache Manager error responses (CVE-2024-23638)

    * squid: Out-of-bounds write error may lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-37894)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-4861 advisory.

    - Resolves: RHEL-45056 - squid: Out-of-bounds write error may lead to Denial of       Service (CVE-2024-37894)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4861 advisory.

    Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data     objects.

    Security Fix(es):

    * squid: vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against Cache Manager error responses (CVE-2024-23638)

    * squid: Out-of-bounds write error may lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-37894)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the squid package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6907-1 advisory.

    Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid did not properly handle multi-byte

    characters during Edge Side Includes (ESI) processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a memory corruption error, leading

    to a denial of service.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-8ca9261bdd advisory.

    - version update
    - security update

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-110b39017e advisory.

    - version update
    - security update

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2268-1 advisory.

    - Update to version 6.10
    - CVE-2024-37894: Fixed a denial of Service issue in ESI processing (bsc#1227086)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2270-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-37894: Fixed a denial of Service issue in ESI processing (bsc#1227086)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2269-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-37894: Fixed a denial of Service issue in ESI processing (bsc#1227086)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
206244	RHEL 9 : squid (RHSA-2024:5906)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
205807	Debian dsa-5751 : squid - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
205749	Amazon Linux 2 : squid (ALAS-2024-2609)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
205102	Amazon Linux 2023 : squid (ALAS2023-2024-687)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
204791	AlmaLinux 9 : squid (ALSA-2024:4861)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
204777	Rocky Linux 9 : squid (RLSA-2024:4861)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
204748	Oracle Linux 9 : squid (ELSA-2024-4861)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
204731	RHEL 9 : squid (RHSA-2024:4861)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
204249	Photon OS 5.0: Squid PHSA-2024-5.0-0309	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
204144	Photon OS 4.0: Squid PHSA-2024-4.0-0645	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
203147	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Squid vulnerability (USN-6907-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
202164	Fedora 39 : squid (2024-8ca9261bdd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
202159	Fedora 40 : squid (2024-110b39017e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
201326	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : squid (SUSE-SU-2024:2268-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
201323	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : squid (SUSE-SU-2024:2270-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
201319	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : squid (SUSE-SU-2024:2269-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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