AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: squid Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1777054556)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 360886

Synopsis

The AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1777054556 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in Squid 4.9 through 4.17 and 5.0.6 through 5.6. Due to inconsistent handling of internal URIs, there can be Exposure of Sensitive Information about clients using the proxy via an HTTPS request to an internal cache manager URL. This is fixed in 5.7. (CVE-2022-41317)

- Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Affected versions of squid are subject to a a Use-After-Free bug which can lead to a Denial of Service attack via collapsed forwarding.
All versions of Squid from 3.5 up to and including 5.9 configured with collapsed_forwarding on are vulnerable. Configurations with collapsed_forwarding off or without a collapsed_forwarding directive are not vulnerable. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.0.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should remove all collapsed_forwarding lines from their squid.conf. (CVE-2023-49288)

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 package based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1777054556.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1777054556

http://www.nessus.org/u?f946a807

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 360886

File Name: tuxcare_alma_linux_9.6_CLSA-2026-1777054556.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41317

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41317, CVE-2023-49288

CLSA: 2026:1777054556