Buffer overflow in squid (Alpine package)
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2019-12525 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Local network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
squid (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU20445
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12525
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed via the Proxy-Authorization header when Squid is configured to use HTTP Digest authentication . A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP request to the proxy server and perform denial of service attack.
Install update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionssquid (Alpine package): 3.5.28-r0 - 4.10-r0
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a2e4a10786598b2f40879a608a3090b4f1242065
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=e669c04c87f3b6f9826273154aebe26e89d75dc8
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
