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Debian dsa-5751 : squid - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205807

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5751 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5751-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 19, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : squid CVE ID : CVE-2024-37894

 Joshua Rogers that incorrect parsing of ESI variables in the Squid proxy caching server could result in memory corruption.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 5.7-2+deb12u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your squid packages.

 For the detailed security status of squid please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/squid

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the squid packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/squid

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-37894

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/squid

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205807

File Name: debian_DSA-5751.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/19/2024

Updated: 11/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37894

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-cgi, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-purge, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squid-openssl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squidclient, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37894

IAVB: 2024-B-0087-S