1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4356-1

USN-4356-1: Squid vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 May 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Squid.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

Jeriko One discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side
Includes (ESI) responses. A malicious remote server could cause Squid to
crash, possibly poison the cache, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-12519, CVE-2019-12521)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the hostname parameter to
cachemgr.cgi when certain browsers are used. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to inject HTML or invalid characters in the
hostname parameter. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-18860)

Clément Berthaux and Florian Guilbert discovered that Squid incorrectly
handled Digest Authentication nonce values. A remote attacker could
use this issue to replay nonce values, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Jeriko One discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side
Includes (ESI) responses. A malicious remote server could cause Squid to
crash, possibly poison the cache, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-12519, CVE-2019-12521)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the hostname parameter to
cachemgr.cgi when certain browsers are used. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to inject HTML or invalid characters in the
hostname parameter. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-18860)

Clément Berthaux and Florian Guilbert discovered that Squid incorrectly
handled Digest Authentication nonce values. A remote attacker could
use this issue to replay nonce values, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-11945)

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
20.04 focal squid –  4.10-1ubuntu1.1
19.10 eoan squid –  4.8-1ubuntu2.3
18.04 bionic squid –  3.5.27-1ubuntu1.6
16.04 xenial squid –  3.5.12-1ubuntu7.11

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