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Amazon Linux AMI : squid (ALAS-2019-1176)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123084

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A memory leak was discovered in the way Squid handles SNMP denied queries. A remote attacker may use this flaw to exhaust the resources on the server machine. (CVE-2018-19132)

Solution

Run 'yum update squid' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1176.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123084

File Name: ala_ALAS-2019-1176.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2019

Updated: 6/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19132

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:squid-migration-script, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:squid-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19132

ALAS: 2019-1176