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AlmaLinux 8 : squid:4 (ALSA-2025:19107)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 271861

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:19107 advisory.

 * squid-cache: Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via authentication credential leakage in error handling (CVE-2025-62168)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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 affected libecap, libecap-devel and / or squid packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-19107.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:19107

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 271861

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-19107.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/28/2025

Updated: 10/28/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62168

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libecap-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:squid, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libecap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62168

CWE: 209

RHSA: 2025:19107