RHEL 8 : squid:4 (RHSA-2022:1939)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161029

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for squid:4.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1939 advisory.

- squid: out-of-bounds read in WCCP protocol data may lead to information disclosure (CVE-2021-28116)

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 RHEL squid:4 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1939.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161029

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1939.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/11/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libecap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libecap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28116

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2022:1939

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