SB2024072534 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for squid
Published: July 25, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Expired pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23638)
CWE-ID: CWE-825 - Expired pointer dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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 an expired pointer dereference in the Cache Manager when handling error responses. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37894)
CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write
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 boundary error when processing ESI response content. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website, trigger an out-of-bounds write and crash the proxy server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.