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Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2019:2
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Advisory ID: SQUID-2019:2
Date: July 12, 2019
Summary: Denial of Service issue
in HTTP Basic Authentication processing.
Affected versions: Squid 2.x -> 2.7.STABLE9
Squid 3.x -> 3.5.28
Squid 4.x -> 4.7
Fixed in version: Squid 4.8
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http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_2.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12529
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Problem Description:
Due to incorrect buffer management Squid is vulnerable to a
denial of service attack when processing HTTP Basic
Authentication credentials.
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Severity:
Due to incorrect string termination the Basic authentication
credentials decoder may access memory outside the decode buffer.
On systems with memory access protections this can result in
the Squid process being terminated unexpectedly. Resulting in a
denial of service for all clients using the proxy.
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Updated Packages:
This bug is fixed by Squid version 4.8.
In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable
releases can be found in our patch archives:
Squid 4:
<http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-dd46b5417809647f561d8a5e0e74c3aacd235258.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:
All Squid-2.x up to and including 2.7.0STABLE9 being used for
Basic Authentication are vulnerable.
All Squid-3.x up to and including 3.5.28 being used for Basic
Authentication are vulnerable.
All Squid-4.x up to and including 4.7 being used for Basic
Authentication are vulnerable.
To determine whether auth_param is configured for Basic
authentication in Squid-3.2 and later use the command:
squid -k parse | grep auth_param
To determine whether auth_param is configured for Basic
authentication in Squid-3.1 and older use the command:
grep auth_param /etc/squid/squid.conf
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Workarounds:
Either;
Remove 'auth_param basic ...' configuration settings from
squid.conf.
Or,
Build Squid-3.2.14 and later versions with --disable-auth-basic
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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 your install and build Squid from the original Squid sources
then the squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 STABLE 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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:
This vulnerability was discovered by Jeriko One
<jeriko.one@xxxxxx>.
Fixed by Amos Jeffries of Treehouse Networks Ltd.
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Revision history:
2019-05-14 14:56:49 UTC Initial Report
2019-05-21 21:31:31 UTC Patches Released
2019-06-05 15:52:17 UTC CVE Assignment
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