Amazon Linux AMI : squid (ALAS-2024-1933)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194725

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of squid installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.20-17.55. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2024-1933 advisory.

- SQUID is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by chunked decoder lenience, allows a remote attacker to perform Request/Response smuggling past firewall and frontend security systems.
(CVE-2023-46846)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update squid' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2024-1933.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-46846.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194725

File Name: ala_ALAS-2024-1933.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:squid-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:squid-migration-script, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46846