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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2012.1199.2 Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2012:1 21 December 2012 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Squid Publisher: squid-cache.org Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2012-5643 Original Bulletin: http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2012_1.txt Revision History: December 21 2012: CVE Added December 18 2012: Initial Release - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- __________________________________________________________________ Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2012:1 __________________________________________________________________ Advisory ID: SQUID-2012:1 Date: December 17, 2012 Summary: Denial of service in cachemgr.cgi Affected versions: Squid 2.x all releases Squid 3.0 all releases Squid 3.1 -> 3.1.21 Squid 3.2 -> 3.2.3 Squid 3.3.0.1 Fixed in version: Squid 3.3.0.2, 3.2.4, 3.1.22 __________________________________________________________________ http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2012_1.txt __________________________________________________________________ Problem Description: Due to missing input validation Squid cachemgr.cgi tool is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing specially crafted requests. __________________________________________________________________ Severity: This problem allows any client able to reach the cachemgr.cgi to perform a denial of service attack on the service host. The nature of the attack may cause secondary effects through resource consumption on the host server. __________________________________________________________________ Updated Packages: This bug is fixed by Squid versions 3.2.4 and 3.3.0.2 In addition, patches addressing this problem for stable releases can be found in our patch archives: Squid 3.1: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10479.patch Squid 3.2: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/changesets/squid-3.2-11714.patch If you are using a prepackaged version of Squid then please refer to the package vendor for availability information on updated packages. __________________________________________________________________ Determining if your version is vulnerable: Squid proxy is not vulnerable. The problem is isolated to the manager CGI interface tool. cachemgr.cgi tool displays its version number in the HTML pages with a version number: All 2.x versions up to and including 2.7.STABLE9 are vulnerable. All 3.x versions up to and including 3.1.21 are vulnerable. All 3.2 versions up to and including 3.2.3 are vulnerable. The 3.3.0.1 beta version is vulnerable All 3.x versions newer than the above are not vulnerable. __________________________________________________________________ Workaround: Add access controls to the host web server limiting which clients can send requests to the CGI tool. or, Add server limits to CGI process memory consumption to the host web server running cachemgr.cgi. __________________________________________________________________ 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 you install and build Squid from the original Squid sources then thesquid-users@squid-cache.org 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 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@squid-cache.org 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. __________________________________________________________________ Credits: The vulnerability was discovered by Coverity Scan Project. __________________________________________________________________ Revision history: 2012-10-29 12:47 --- Initial Detection 2012-11-15 03:05 GMT Patches Released 2012-12-17 06:20 GMT Advisory Released __________________________________________________________________ END - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. 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