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Scientific Linux Security Update : squid on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160804)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 92749

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - It was found that the fix for CVE-2016-4051 released via SLSA-2016:1138 did not properly prevent the stack overflow in the munge_other_line() function. A remote attacker could send specially crafted data to the Squid proxy, which would exploit the cachemgr CGI utility, possibly triggering execution of arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2016-5408)

Solution

Update the affected squid and / or squid-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d414b1b2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 92749

File Name: sl_20160804_squid_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/5/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:squid-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4051, CVE-2016-5408