Alpine: multiple squid packages: security update to 4.8-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400428

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in Squid 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x through 4.8. Due to incorrect data management, it is
vulnerable to information disclosure when processing HTTP Digest Authentication. Nonce tokens contain the
raw byte value of a pointer that sits within heap memory allocation. This information reduces ASLR
protections and may aid attackers isolating memory areas to target for remote code execution attacks.
(CVE-2019-18679)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400428

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18679

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18679

Detections

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