1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3557-1

USN-3557-1: Squid vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 February 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Squid.

Releases

Packages

  • squid3 - Web proxy cache server

Details

Mathias Fischer discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain long
strings in headers. A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2569)

William Lima discovered that Squid incorrectly handled XML parsing when
processing Edge Side Includes (ESI). A malicious remote server could
possibly cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2570)

Alex Rousskov discovered that Squid incorrectly handled response-parsing
failures. A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2016-2571)

Santiago Ruano Rincón discovered that Squid...

Mathias Fischer discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain long
strings in headers. A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2569)

William Lima discovered that Squid incorrectly handled XML parsing when
processing Edge Side Includes (ESI). A malicious remote server could
possibly cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2570)

Alex Rousskov discovered that Squid incorrectly handled response-parsing
failures. A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2016-2571)

Santiago Ruano Rincón discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain
Vary headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only
addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3948)

Louis Dion-Marcil discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge
Side Includes (ESI) responses. A malicious remote server could possibly
cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1000024)

Louis Dion-Marcil discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge
Side Includes (ESI) responses. A malicious remote server could possibly
cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1000027)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.10 artful squid3 –  3.5.23-5ubuntu1.1
16.04 xenial squid3 –  3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5
14.04 trusty squid3 –  3.3.8-1ubuntu6.11

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