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RHEL 6 : squid34 (RHSA-2023:6882)
high Nessus Plugin ID 185495
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for squid34.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6882 advisory.The squid34 packages provide version 3.4 of Squid, a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data objects. Note that apart from squid34, this version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux also includes the squid packages which provide Squid version 3.1.
Security Fix(es):
* squid: Denial of Service in HTTP Digest Authentication (CVE-2023-46847)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL squid34 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6882.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a8f14a85
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 185495
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6882.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/13/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid34, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-46847