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Oracle Linux 7 : squid (ELSA-2023-16656)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170177

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-16656 advisory.

 - Resolves: #2100782 - CVE-2021-46784 squid:4/squid: DoS when processing gopher server responses
 - Resolves: #1941506 - CVE-2021-28116 squid:4/squid: out-of-bounds read in WCCP protocol data may lead to information disclosure
 - Resolves: #1944261 - CVE-2020-25097 squid:4/squid: improper input validation may allow a trusted client to perform HTTP Request Smuggling

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 squid package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-16656.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170177

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-16656.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2023

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46784

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46784