CentOS 7 : squid (CESA-2021:1135)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148885

Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:1135 advisory.

- squid: improper input validation may allow a trusted client to perform HTTP request smuggling (CVE-2020-25097)

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, squid-migration-script and / or squid-sysvinit packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4933cb99

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148885

File Name: centos_RHSA-2021-1135.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2021

Updated: 4/21/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2020-25097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25097

CWE: 444

RHSA: 2021:1135