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USN-4065-1: Squid vulnerabilities

18 July 2019

Several security issues were fixed in Squid.

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Releases

Packages

  • squid - Web proxy cache server
  • squid3 - Web proxy cache server

Details

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Digest authentication. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12525)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Basic authentication. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-12527)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Basic authentication. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12529)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

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

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