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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Squid vulnerabilities (USN-6857-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201112

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6857-1 advisory.

 Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests with the urn: scheme. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-28651)

 It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled SSPI and SMB authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-41318)

 Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP message processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-49285)

 Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Helper process management. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-49286)

 Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP request parsing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

 (CVE-2023-50269, CVE-2024-25617)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6857-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201112

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6857-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/27/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41318

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid-cgi, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid-purge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squidclient, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid3

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28651, CVE-2022-41318, CVE-2023-49285, CVE-2023-49286, CVE-2023-50269, CVE-2024-25617

USN: 6857-1