SB2011090608 - Input validation error in Squid-cache Squid
Published: September 6, 2011 Updated: October 4, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011090608
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3205)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows remote Gopher servers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (memory corruption and daemon restart) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long line in a response.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065534.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/29/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/4
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/30/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45906
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46029
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2304
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:150
- http://www.osvdb.org/74847
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1293.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49356
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2011_3.txt
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.HEAD/changesets/12710.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9193.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10363.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/changesets/squid-3.2-11294.patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734583