Amazon Linux AMI : squid (ALAS-2023-1872)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184074

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of squid installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.20-17.50. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1872 advisory.

- Due to a buffer overflow bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against HTTP Digest Authentication (ALAS-2023-1872)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update squid' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184074

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1872.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 12/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 10/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46847

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