[USN-5771-1] Squid regression

Affected Packages 6

USN-3557-1 introduced a regression in Squid.

USN-3557-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Squid. This update introduced a regression
which could cause the cache log to be filled with many Vary loop messages. This
update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory 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 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)

Package Affected Version
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squidclient?distro=xenial < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid?distro=xenial < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3?distro=xenial < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid-purge?distro=xenial < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid-common?distro=xenial < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1
pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid-cgi?distro=xenial < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1
ID
USN-5771-1
URL
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5771-1
Published
2022-12-12T00:46:49
(21 months ago)
Modified
2022-12-12T00:46:49
(21 months ago)
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/squidclient?distro=xenial ubuntu squidclient < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid?distro=xenial ubuntu squid < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3?distro=xenial ubuntu squid3 < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid-purge?distro=xenial ubuntu squid-purge < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid-common?distro=xenial ubuntu squid-common < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1 xenial
Affected pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid-cgi?distro=xenial ubuntu squid-cgi < 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1 xenial
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