Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.142631
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Squid Security Update Advisory SQUID-2019:2
Summary:	Squid is prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to incorrect buffer; management when processing HTTP Basic Authentication credentials.
Description:	Summary: Squid is prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to incorrect buffer management when processing HTTP Basic Authentication credentials. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: Squid versions 2.x - 2.7.STABLE9, 3.x - 3.5.28 and 4.x - 4.7. Solution: Update to version 4.8 or later. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-12529 Bugtraq: 20190825 [SECURITY] [DSA 4507-1] squid security update (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/42 Debian Security Information: DSA-4507 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4507 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPXN2CLAGN5QSQBTOV5IGVLDOQSRFNTZ/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00018.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2540 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:2541 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4065-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4065-2/
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