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Oracle Linux 7 : squid (ELSA-2025-19167)

high Nessus Plugin ID 275771

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-19167 advisory.

 - Fixes CVE-2025-62168, squid: Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via
 - Fixes CVE-2025-54574, add URN access disabling config options [Orabug: 38350105]
 - Disable ESI support [CVE-2024-45802][Orabug: 37289058]
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-28651 squid: Bug 5104: Memory leak in RFC 2169 response parsing (#778)
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-28652 squid: Bug 5106: Broken cache manager URL parsing (#788)
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-31806,31807,31808 squid: Handle more Range requests (#790)
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-33620 squid: Handle more partial responses (#791)
 - Resolves: RHEL-16779 - squid: NULL pointer dereference in the gopher protocol code -- Remove support for Gopher protocol (CVE-2023-46728)
 - Resolves: RHEL-18176 - squid: Buffer over-read in the HTTP Message processing feature (CVE-2023-49285)
 - Resolves: RHEL-18171 - squid: Incorrect Check of Function Return Value In Helper Process management (CVE-2023-49286)
 - Resolves: RHEL-16758 - squid: Denial of Service in SSL Certificate validation (CVE-2023-46724)
 - Resolves: RHEL-19557 - squid: denial of service in HTTP request parsing (CVE-2023-50269)
 - Resolves: RHEL-26082 - squid: denial of service in HTTP header parser (CVE-2024-25617)
 - Resolves: RHEL-14789 - squid: Denial of Service in HTTP Digest Authentication (CVE-2023-46847)
 - Resolves: #2130254 - CVE-2022-41318 squid: buffer-over-read in SSPI and SMB authentication

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 squid, squid-migration-script and / or squid-sysvinit packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-19167.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 275771

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-19167.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2025

Updated: 11/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62168

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid-migration-script

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62168