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Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2019:5
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Advisory ID: SQUID-2019:5
Date: July 12, 2019
Summary: Heap Overflow issue
in HTTP Basic Authentication processing.
Affected versions: Squid 4.0.23 -> 4.7
Fixed in version: Squid 4.8
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http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_5.txt
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12527
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Problem Description:
Due to incorrect buffer management Squid is vulnerable to a
heap overflow and possible remote code execution attack when
processing HTTP Authentication credentials.
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Severity:
This allows a malicious client to write a substantial amount of
arbitrary data to the heap. Potentially gaining ability to
execute arbitrary code.
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.
This issue is limited to traffic accessing the Squid Cache
Manager reports or using the FTP protocol gateway.
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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-4-7f73e9c5d17664b882ed32590e6af310c247f320.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 are not vulnerable.
All Squid-3.x are not vulnerable.
All Squid-4.x up to and including 4.0.22 are not vulnerable.
All Squid-4.0.23 up to and including 4.7 built with Basic
Authentication features are vulnerable.
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Workarounds:
Either;
Deny ftp:// protocol URLs being proxied and Cache Manager report
access to all clients:
acl FTP proto FTP
http_access deny FTP
http_access deny manager
Or,
Build Squid 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
2019-06-05 15:52:17 UTC CVE Assignment
2019-06-19 05:58:36 UTC Patches Released
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