Buffer overflow in Squid and Opensuse - CVE-2013-4115
Published: August 10, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42671
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4115
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Buffer overflow in the idnsALookup function in dns_internal.cc in Squid 3.2 through 3.2.11 and 3.3 through 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and server termination) via a long name in a DNS lookup request.
Affected software
Squid
Opensuse
Amazon Linux AMI
Opensuse
Amazon Linux AMI
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4115
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00033.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54076
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54839
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/11/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61111
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2013_2.txt
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.0/changesets/squid-3.0-9200.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.1/changesets/squid-3.1-10487.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.2/changesets/squid-3.2-11823.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.3/changesets/squid-3.3-12587.patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85564