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Oracle Linux 9 : squid (ELSA-2023-6748)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 185891
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6748 advisory.[7:5.5-6.1]
- Resolves: RHEL-14819 - squid: squid: denial of Servicein FTP
- Resolves: RHEL-14807 - squid: squid: Denial of Service in HTTP Digest Authentication
- Resolves: RHEL-14780 - squid: squid: Request/Response smuggling in HTTP/1.1 and ICAP
[7:5.5-6]
- Resolves: #2231827 - Crash with half_closed_client on
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected squid package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 185891
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6748.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/16/2023
Updated: 10/22/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46846
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:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9
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: 11/16/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023