Updated squid packages has been released for Arch Linux to address three vulnerabilities, including arbitrary code execution, content spoofing and information disclosure.
Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201911-8
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Severity: Critical
Date : 2019-11-07
CVE-ID : CVE-2019-12526 CVE-2019-18678 CVE-2019-18679
Package : squid
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1062
Summary
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The package squid before version 4.9-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues
including arbitrary code execution, content spoofing and information
disclosure.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 4.9-1.
# pacman -Syu "squid>=4.9-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 4.9.
Workaround
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- CVE-2019-12526
Deny urn: protocol URI being proxied to all clients:
acl URN proto URN
http_access deny URN
- CVE-2019-18678
There are no workarounds for this vulnerability.
- CVE-2019-18679
Digest authentication can be disabled by removing all 'auth_param
digest ...' configuration settings from squid.conf.
Description
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- CVE-2019-12526 (arbitrary code execution)
A heap-based buffer overflow has been found in Squid before 4.9, when
processing URN.
- CVE-2019-18678 (content spoofing)
A HTTP request splitting issue has been found in Squid before 4.9. This
issue allows attackers to smuggle HTTP requests through frontend
software to a Squid which splits the HTTP Request pipeline differently.
The resulting Response messages corrupt caches between client and Squid
with attacker controlled content at arbitrary URLs.
- CVE-2019-18679 (information disclosure)
An information disclosure issue has been found in Squid before 4.9,
when processing HTTP Digest Authentication. The nonce tokens contain
the raw byte value of a pointer which sits within heap memory
allocation, which reduces ASLR protections and may aid attackers
isolating memory areas to target for remote code execution attacks.
Impact
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A remote attacker might access sensitive information, corrupt the
content of arbitrary URLs in the caches or execute arbitrary code.
References
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http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_7.txt
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_10.txt
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_11.txt
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-7aa0184a720fd216191474e079f4fe87de7c4f5a.patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-671ba97abe929156dc4c717ee52ad22fba0f7443.patch
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-671ba97abe929156dc4c717ee52ad22fba0f7443.patc
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-12526
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-18678
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-18679