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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.884224
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS: Security Advisory for squid (CESA-2022:5542)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'squid'; package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:5542 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'squid'
package(s) announced via the CESA-2022:5542 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients,
supporting FTP, Gopher, and HTTP data objects.

Security Fix(es):

* squid: DoS when processing gopher server responses (CVE-2021-46784)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software/OS:
'squid' package(s) on CentOS 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-46784
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/21/1
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