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Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2012:1
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Advisory ID: SQUID-2012:1
Date: December 17, 2012
Summary: Denial of service in cachemgr.cgi
Affected versions: Squid 2.x all releases
Squid 3.0 all releases
Squid 3.1 -> 3.1.21
Squid 3.2 -> 3.2.3
Squid 3.3.0.1
Fixed in version: Squid 3.3.0.2, 3.2.4, 3.1.22
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http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2012_1.txt
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Problem Description:
Due to missing input validation Squid cachemgr.cgi tool is
vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing
specially crafted requests.
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Severity:
This problem allows any client able to reach the cachemgr.cgi
to perform a denial of service attack on the service host.
The nature of the attack may cause secondary effects through
resource consumption on the host server.
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Updated Packages:
This bug is fixed by Squid versions 3.2.4 and 3.3.0.2
In addition, patches addressing this problem for stable releases
can be found in our patch archives:
Squid 3.1:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10479.patch
Squid 3.2:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/changesets/squid-3.2-11714.patch
If you are using a prepackaged version of Squid then please refer
to the package vendor for availability information on updated
packages.
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Determining if your version is vulnerable:
Squid proxy is not vulnerable. The problem is isolated to the
manager CGI interface tool.
cachemgr.cgi tool displays its version number in the HTML pages
with a version number:
All 2.x versions up to and including 2.7.STABLE9 are vulnerable.
All 3.x versions up to and including 3.1.21 are vulnerable.
All 3.2 versions up to and including 3.2.3 are vulnerable.
The 3.3.0.1 beta version is vulnerable
All 3.x versions newer than the above are not vulnerable.
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Workaround:
Add access controls to the host web server limiting which clients
can send requests to the CGI tool.
or,
Add server limits to CGI process memory consumption to the
host web server running cachemgr.cgi.
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Contact details for the Squid project:
For installation / upgrade support on binary packaged versions
of Squid: Your first point of contact should be your binary
package vendor.
If you install and build Squid from the original Squid sources
then thesquid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list is your primary
support point. For subscription details see
http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/mailing-lists.html.
For reporting of non-security bugs in the latest release
the squid bugzilla database should be used
http://bugs.squid-cache.org/.
For reporting of security sensitive bugs send an email to the
squid-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list. It's a closed list
(though anyone can post) and security related bug reports are
treated in confidence until the impact has been established.
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Credits:
The vulnerability was discovered by Coverity Scan Project.
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Revision history:
2012-10-29 12:47 --- Initial Detection
2012-11-15 03:05 GMT Patches Released
2012-12-17 06:20 GMT Advisory Released
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