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Oracle Linux 7 : squid (ELSA-2016-1139)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91416

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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-2016-1139 advisory.

 - Related: #1330576 - CVE-2016-4553 squid: Cache poisoning issue in HTTP Request handling
 - Related: #1334491 - CVE-2016-4554 CVE-2016-4555 CVE-2016-4556 squid: various flaws
 - Related: #1330576 - CVE-2016-4051 CVE-2016-4052 CVE-2016-4053 CVE-2016-4054 squid: various flaws

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 and / or squid-sysvinit packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1139.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91416

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-1139.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2016-4054

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4051

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4051, CVE-2016-4052, CVE-2016-4053, CVE-2016-4054, CVE-2016-4553, CVE-2016-4554, CVE-2016-4555, CVE-2016-4556

RHSA: 2016:1139