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MiracleLinux 7 : squid-3.5.20-17.el7.10 (AXSA:2024-7673:03)

high Nessus Plugin ID 292949

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2024-7673:03 advisory.

 * squid: denial of service in HTTP header parser (CVE-2024-25617)
 * squid: denial of service in HTTP request parsing (CVE-2023-50269)
 * 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)
 * squid: NULL pointer dereference in the gopher protocol code (CVE-2023-46728)
 * squid: Denial of Service in SSL Certificate validation (CVE-2023-46724)

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

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 affected squid and / or squid-migration-script packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/18857

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 292949

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2024-7673.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2024-25617

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: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:squid-migration-script

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46724, CVE-2023-46728, CVE-2023-49285, CVE-2023-49286, CVE-2023-50269, CVE-2024-25617