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RHEL 9 : squid (RHSA-2024:0071)
high Nessus Plugin ID 187674
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for squid.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0071 advisory.- squid: Denial of Service in SSL Certificate validation (CVE-2023-46724)
- squid: NULL pointer dereference in the gopher protocol code (CVE-2023-46728)
- squid: Buffer over-read in the HTTP Message processing feature (CVE-2023-49285)
- squid: Incorrect Check of Function Return Value In Helper Process management (CVE-2023-49286)
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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0071.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a8300450
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247567
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2248521
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2252923
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 187674
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0071.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/8/2024
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: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49286
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:squid, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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: 1/8/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-46724, CVE-2023-46728, CVE-2023-49285, CVE-2023-49286