CentOS 7 update for squid



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-41318
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 CentOS
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor CentOS Project

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU67609

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41318

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or crash the server.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within SSPI and SMB authentication helpers. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the server.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that Squid is configured to use NTLM or Negotiate authentication with one of the vulnerable helpers.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

Vulnerable software versions

CentOS: 7

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2022-October/073646.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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