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RHEL 7 : squid (RHSA-2022:5542)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 162986
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for squid.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5542 advisory.- squid: DoS when processing gopher server responses (CVE-2021-46784)
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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5542.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?c384a82a
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 162986
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5542.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/11/2022
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: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46784
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid-migration-script, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid-sysvinit
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: 7/11/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-46784