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Oracle Linux 7 : squid (ELSA-2024-1787)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193259

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-1787 advisory.

 - Resolves: CVE-2021-28651 squid: Bug 5104: Memory leak in RFC 2169 response parsing (#778)
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-28652 squid: Bug 5106: Broken cache manager URL parsing (#788)
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-31806,31807,31808 squid: Handle more Range requests (#790)
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-33620 squid: Handle more partial responses (#791)
 - Resolves: RHEL-16779 - squid: NULL pointer dereference in the gopher protocol code -- Remove support for Gopher protocol (CVE-2023-46728)
 - Resolves: RHEL-18176 - squid: Buffer over-read in the HTTP Message processing feature (CVE-2023-49285)
 - Resolves: RHEL-18171 - squid: Incorrect Check of Function Return Value In Helper Process management (CVE-2023-49286)
 - Resolves: RHEL-16758 - squid: Denial of Service in SSL Certificate validation (CVE-2023-46724)
 - Resolves: RHEL-19557 - squid: denial of service in HTTP request parsing (CVE-2023-50269)

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, squid-migration-script and / or squid-sysvinit packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-1787.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193259

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-1787.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2024

Updated: 9/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2023-50269

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:/a:oracle:linux:7::optional_latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7:9:patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid-sysvinit, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid-migration-script, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46724, CVE-2023-46728, CVE-2023-49285, CVE-2023-49286, CVE-2023-50269, CVE-2024-25617