CentOS 7 : squid (CESA-2020:1068)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135330

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1068 advisory.

- squid: Incorrect pointer handling when processing ESI Responses can lead to denial of service (CVE-2018-1000024)

- squid: Incorrect pointer handling in HTTP processing and certificate download can lead to denial of service (CVE-2018-1000027)

- squid: XSS via user_name or auth parameter in cachemgr.cgi (CVE-2019-13345)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected squid packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135330

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-1068.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:squid, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:squid-migration-script, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:squid-sysvinit, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000024, CVE-2018-1000027, CVE-2019-13345

RHSA: 2020:1068

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