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RHEL 7 : rh-varnish6-varnish (RHSA-2024:1689)
high Nessus Plugin ID 192968
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rh-varnish6-varnish.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:1689 advisory.Varnish Cache is a high-performance HTTP accelerator. It stores web pages in memory so web servers don't have to create the same web page over and over again, giving the website a significant speed up.
Security Fix(es):
* HTTP/2 Broken Window Attack may result in denial of service (CVE-2024-30156)
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 rh-varnish6-varnish package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:1689.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?4aec7c6e
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 192968
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-1689.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/8/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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-2024-30156
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-varnish6-varnish-modules, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-varnish6-varnish-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-varnish6-varnish-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-varnish6-varnish, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-varnish6-varnish-docs
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: 4/8/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-30156