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Rocky Linux 8 : squid:4 (RLSA-2023:7668)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186632

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-2023:7668 advisory.

 - Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service attack against HTTP and HTTPS clients due to an Improper Handling of Structural Elements bug. (CVE-2023-5824)

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-2023:7668

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245914

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186632

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-7668.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/6/2023

Updated: 12/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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-2023-5824

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: 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/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5824