QID 243194

QID 243194: Red Hat Update for squid (RHSA-2024:1787)

Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting ftp, gopher, and http data objects...Security Fix(es):

    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).
Affected Products:
    Red Hat enterprise linux server 7 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux server - extended life cycle support 7 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux workstation 7 x86_64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 7 s390x.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, big endian 7 ppc64.
    Red hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 7 ppc64le.
    Red hat enterprise linux server - extended life cycle support (for ibm z systems) 7 s390x.
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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2024:1787 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2024:1787 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1787