SB2024010435 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the squid:4 module

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SB2024010435 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the squid:4 module

Published: January 4, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024010435
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46724)

CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing a specially crafted SSL Certificate in a server certificate chain. A remote attacker can initiate a TLS Handshake with a specially crafted SSL certificate and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46728)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Gopher gateway. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49285)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when handling HTTP messages. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash the proxy server.


4) Unchecked Return Value (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49286)

CWE-ID: CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect check of function return value in Helper process management. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the proxy server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References