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RHEL 8 : squid:4 (RHSA-2023:6803)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 185355
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for squid:4.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6803 advisory.- squid: Request/Response smuggling in HTTP/1.1 and ICAP (CVE-2023-46846)
- squid: Denial of Service in HTTP Digest Authentication (CVE-2023-46847)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2023:6803.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1e661861
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2245910
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 185355
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6803.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/8/2023
Updated: 4/29/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46846
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:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2, 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: 11/8/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-46846, CVE-2023-46847