RHEL 8 : libproxy (RHSA-2024:6205)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206486

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libproxy.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6205 advisory.

The libproxy packages provide a library that handles all the details of proxy configuration. The libproxy library provides a stable external API, dynamic adjustment to changing network topology, and small core footprint. It does not use external dependencies within the libproxy core, however libproxy plug-ins may have dependencies.

Security Fix(es):

* libproxy: sending more than 102400 bytes in PAC without a Content-Length present could result in buffer overflow (CVE-2020-26154)

* libproxy: uncontrolled recursion via an infinite stream response leading to stack exhaustion (CVE-2020-25219)

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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL libproxy package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:6205.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 206486

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-6205.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/3/2024

Updated: 9/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26154

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-webkitgtk4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-bin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libproxy-networkmanager

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25219, CVE-2020-26154

CWE: 121, 674

RHSA: 2024:6205

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