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Oracle Linux 8 : squid:4 (ELSA-2022-1939)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161279

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-1939 advisory.

 - Resolves: #1941506 - CVE-2021-28116 squid:4/squid: out-of-bounds read in WCCP protocol data may lead to information disclosure

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

Solution

Update the affected libecap, libecap-devel and / or squid packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-1939.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161279

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-1939.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/18/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libecap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libecap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28116