Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.142633
Category:	Web Servers
Title:	Squid Security Update Advisory (SQUID-2019:5)
Summary:	Squid is prone to a heap overflow vulnerability due to incorrect buffer; management when processing HTTP Authentication credentials.
Description:	Summary: Squid is prone to a heap overflow vulnerability due to incorrect buffer management when processing HTTP Authentication credentials. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: Squid versions 4.0.23 through 4.7. Solution: Update to version 4.8 or later. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-12527 BugTraq ID: 109143 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109143 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/ RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2593 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2593 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/
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