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Oracle Linux 8 : squid:4 (ELSA-2026-8317)

🗓️ 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Oracle Linux 8 squid:4 patch fixes multiple CVEs addressing denial of service and information disclosure.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-8317.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(307379);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/04/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-32748", "CVE-2026-33526");
  script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2026-B-0076");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 8 : squid:4 (ELSA-2026-8317)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ELSA-2026-8317 advisory.

    - Fix patch for CVE-2026-32748
    - Resolves: RHEL-160675 - squid:4/squid: Squid: Denial of Service
      via crafted ICP traffic (CVE-2026-32748)
    - Resolves: RHEL-160674 - squid:4/squid: Squid: Denial of Service
      via heap Use-After-Free vulnerability in ICP handling (CVE-2026-33526)
    - Resolves: RHEL-122484 - squid: Squid vulnerable to information disclosure via
      authentication credential leakage in error handling (CVE-2025-62168)
    - Resolves: RHEL-22593 - CVE-2024-23638 squid:4/squid: vulnerable to
      a Denial of Service attack against Cache Manager error responses
    - Resolves: RHEL-65075 - CVE-2024-45802 squid:4/squid: Denial of Service
      processing ESI response content
    - Resolves: RHEL-28529 - squid:4/squid: Denial of Service in HTTP Chunked
      Decoding (CVE-2024-25111)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-8317.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libecap, libecap-devel and / or squid packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-33526");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/03/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/04/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/04/17");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libecap");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libecap-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:squid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_product)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
if (! preg(pattern:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 8.x', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_version);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Oracle Linux', cpu);

var module_ver = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/appstream/squid');
if (isnull(module_ver)) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'Module squid:4');
if ('4' >!< module_ver) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, 'Module squid:' + module_ver);

var constraints = {
  'squid:4': [
    {
      'release': '8',
      'pkgs': [
        {'reference':'libecap-1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+90083+f7556140', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'libecap-devel-1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+90083+f7556140', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'squid-4.15-10.module+el8.10.0+90877+04e4d7e0.11', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'7'},
        {'reference':'libecap-1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+90083+f7556140', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'libecap-devel-1.0.1-2.module+el8.9.0+90083+f7556140', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'squid-4.15-10.module+el8.10.0+90877+04e4d7e0.11', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'7'}
      ]
    }
  ]
};

var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');

var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
var appstreams_found = 0;
var appstream;
var appstream_name;
var appstream_version;
foreach var module (keys(constraints)) {
  appstream = NULL;
  appstream_name = NULL;
  appstream_version = NULL;
  appstream_split = split(module, sep:':', keep:FALSE);
  if (!empty_or_null(appstream_split)) {
    appstream_name = appstream_split[0];
    appstream_version = appstream_split[1];
    if (!empty_or_null(appstream_name)) appstream = get_one_kb_item('Host/RedHat/appstream/' + appstream_name);
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(appstream) && appstream_version == appstream || appstream_name == 'all') {
    appstreams_found++;
    foreach var module_array ( constraints[module] ) {
      # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
      if (!empty_or_null(module_array['release'])){
        if (module_array['release'] != os_release) continue;
      }
      if (!empty_or_null(module_array['sp'])){
        if (module_array['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
      }
      foreach var package_array ( module_array['pkgs'] ) {
        reference = NULL;
        sp = NULL;
        _cpu = NULL;
        el_string = NULL;
        rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
        epoch = NULL;
        allowmaj = NULL;
        exists_check = NULL;
        cves = NULL;
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
        if (reference &&
            (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
            rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
      }
    }
  }
}

if (!appstreams_found) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'Module squid:4');

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libecap / libecap-devel / squid');
}

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