Fedora 22 : varnish-4.0.3-3.fc22 (2015-4063)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82055

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Added an update that fixes a bug trigged by a bogus content-length header. Under special circumstances, it could crash a varnishd subthread.

New upstream release. A bugfix release.

Highlights from the changelog :

- 26 reported bugs fixed.

- Replaced objects are now expired immediately, instead of kept around until expiry.

- Memory usage on chunked backend responses is lower

Fore a detailed list of changes, please see the project's announcement at https://www.varnish-cache.org/content/varnish-cache-403

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected varnish package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82055

File Name: fedora_2015-4063.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/25/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:varnish, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2015

Reference Information

BID: 72982

FEDORA: 2015-4063

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