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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Squid regression (USN-4446-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 140028

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

USN-4446-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Squid. The update introduced a regression when using Squid with the icap or ecap protocols. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Jeriko One discovered that Squid incorrectly handled caching certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cache-injection attacks or gain access to reverse proxy features such as ESI. (CVE-2019-12520) Jeriko One and Kristoffer Danielsson discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain URN requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass access checks.
(CVE-2019-12523) Jeriko One discovered that Squid incorrectly handled URL decoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass certain rule checks. (CVE-2019-12524) Jeriko One and Kristoffer Danielsson discovered that Squid incorrectly handled input validation.
A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-18676).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4446-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 140028

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4446-2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12524

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid-cgi, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid-purge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squid3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:squidclient, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12520, CVE-2019-12523, CVE-2019-12524, CVE-2019-18676

USN: 4446-2