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Rocky Linux 8 : squid:4 (RLSA-2022:5526)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 184599

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:5526 advisory.

 - In Squid 3.x through 3.5.28, 4.x through 4.17, and 5.x before 5.6, due to improper buffer management, a Denial of Service can occur when processing long Gopher server responses. (CVE-2021-46784)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:5526

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2100721

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 184599

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-5526.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/6/2023

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: 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:rocky:linux:libecap-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:squid-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libecap, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libecap-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:squid-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libecap-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46784