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                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     August 19, 2024                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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.

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Debian dsa-5751 : squid - security update

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