SB20240417108 - Fedora 39 update for squid

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SB20240417108 - Fedora 39 update for squid

Published: April 17, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240417108
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Expired pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23638)

CWE-ID: CWE-825 - Expired pointer dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an expired pointer dereference in the Cache Manager when handling error responses. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Uncontrolled recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25111)

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an uncontrolled recursion within the HTTP Chunked decoder when handling HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted chunked encoded HTTP Message to the proxy server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References