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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6728-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 6728-1 - Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled collapsed forwarding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain structural elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6728-1
April 10, 2024
squid vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Squid.
Software Description:
- squid: Web proxy cache server
Details:
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled collapsed
forwarding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49288)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain structural
elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-5824)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Cache Manager error
responses. A remote trusted client can possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-23638)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the HTTP Chunked
decoder. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to
stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25111)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP header
parsing. A remote trusted client can possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25617)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 23.10:
squid 6.1-2ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
squid 5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.10
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6728-1
CVE-2023-49288, CVE-2023-5824, CVE-2024-23638, CVE-2024-25111,
CVE-2024-25617
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/6.1-2ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/5.7-0ubuntu0.22.04.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.10-1ubuntu1.10
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Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Affected versions of squid are subject to a a Use-After-Free bug which can lead to a Denial of Service attack via collapsed forwarding. All versions of Squid from 3.5 up to and including 5.9 configured with "collapsed_forwarding on" are vulnerable. Configurations with "collapsed_forwarding off" or without a "collapsed_forwarding" directive are not vulnerable. This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.0.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should remove all collapsed_forwarding lines from their squid.conf.
Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service attack against HTTP and HTTPS clients due to an Improper Handling of Structural Elements bug.