1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2995-1

USN-2995-1: Squid vulnerabilities

Publication date

9 June 2016

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Squid.

Releases

Packages

  • squid3 - Web proxy cache server

Details

Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered that the Squid pinger utility incorrectly
handled certain ICMPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly cause
Squid to leak information into log files. (CVE-2016-3947)

Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered that the Squid cachemgr.cgi tool incorrectly
handled certain crafted data. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4051)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side Includes
(ESI) responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4052,

Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered that the Squid pinger utility incorrectly
handled certain ICMPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly cause
Squid to leak information into log files. (CVE-2016-3947)

Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered that the Squid cachemgr.cgi tool incorrectly
handled certain crafted data. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4051)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side Includes
(ESI) responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-4052, CVE-2016-4053, CVE-2016-4054)

Jianjun Chen discovered that Squid did not correctly ignore the Host header
when absolute-URI is provided. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to conduct cache-poisoning attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu
14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4553)

Jianjun Chen discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP Host
headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct
cache-poisoning attacks. (CVE-2016-4554)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side Includes
(ESI) responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4555,
CVE-2016-4556)

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
16.04 xenial squid-cgi –  3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2
squid3 –  3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2
15.10 wily squid-cgi –  3.3.8-1ubuntu16.3
squid3 –  3.3.8-1ubuntu16.3
14.04 trusty squid-cgi –  3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8
squid3 –  3.3.8-1ubuntu6.8
12.04 precise squid-cgi –  3.1.19-1ubuntu3.12.04.7
squid3 –  3.1.19-1ubuntu3.12.04.7

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