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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

           ESB-2004.0419 -- iDEFENSE Security Advisory 06.08.04
     Squid Web Proxy Cache NTLM Authentication Helper Buffer Overflow
                               Vulnerability
                               17 June 2004

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                Squid-Proxy 2.5.*-STABLE with NTLM helper enabled
                        Squid-Proxy 3.*-PREwith NTLM helper enabled
Publisher:              iDEFENSE
Impact:                 Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Access Required:        Remote
CVE Names:              CAN-2004-0541

Ref:                    ESB-2004.0397

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Squid Web Proxy Cache NTLM Authentication Helper Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability

iDEFENSE Security Advisory 06.08.04
www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=107&type=vulnerabilities
June 8, 2004

I. BACKGROUND

Squid is a fully-featured Web Proxy Cache designed to run on Unix
systems and supports proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs,
as well as SSL support, cache hierarchies, transparent caching, access
control lists and many other features. More information is available at
http://www.squid-cache.org.

II. DESCRIPTION

Remote exploitation of a buffer overflow vulnerability in Squid Web
Proxy Cache could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Squid Web Proxy Cache supports Basic, Digest and NTLM authentication.
The vulnerability specifically exists within the NTLM authentication
helper routine, ntlm_check_auth(), located in
helpers/ntlm_auth/SMB/libntlmssp.c:

char *ntlm_check_auth(ntlm_authenticate * auth, int auth_length)
{
    int rv;
    char pass[25] /*, encrypted_pass[40] */;
    char *domain = credentials;
    ...
    memcpy(pass, tmp.str, tmp.l);
    ...

The function contains a buffer overflow vulnerability due to a lack of
bounds checking on the values copied to the 'pass' variable. Both the
'tmp.str' and 'tmp.l' variables used in the memcpy() call contain
user-supplied data.

III. ANALYSIS

A remote attacker can compromise a target system if Squid Proxy is
configured to use the NTLM authentication helper. The attacker can send
an overly long password to overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary
code.

IV. DETECTION

iDEFENSE has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in
Squid-Proxy 2.5.*-STABLE and 3.*-PRE when Squid-Proxy is compiled with
the NTLM helper enabled.

V. WORKAROUNDS

Recompile Squid-Proxy with NTLM handlers disabled.

VI. VENDOR RESPONSE

A patch for this issue is available at:

http://www.squid-cache.org/~wessels/patch/libntlmssp.c.patch

VII. CVE INFORMATION

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the
name CAN-2004-0541 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in
the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for
security problems.

VIII. DISCLOSURE TIMELINE

04/27/04  Exploit acquired by iDEFENSE
05/19/04  iDEFENSE Clients notified
05/20/04  Initial vendor notification
05/20/04  Initial vendor response
06/08/04  Public Disclosure

IX. CREDIT

The discoverer wishes to remain anonymous.

Get paid for vulnerability research
http://www.idefense.com/poi/teams/vcp.jsp

X. LEGAL NOTICES

Copyright (c) 2004 iDEFENSE, Inc.

Permission is granted for the redistribution of this alert
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