Oracle Linux 8 : squid:4 (ELSA-2019-2593)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128512

Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:2593 :

An update for the squid:4 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data objects.

Security Fix(es) :

* squid: heap-based buffer overflow in HttpHeader::getAuth (CVE-2019-12527)

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.

Solution

Update the affected squid:4 packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-September/009104.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128512

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2593.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2019

Updated: 12/31/2019

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

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libecap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libecap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

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: 9/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12527

RHSA: 2019:2593