Arch Linux: 201605-13 Medium: Squid DoS and Cache Issues

The package squid before version 3.5.19-1 is vulnerable to multiple issues including denial of service, cache poisoning and same-origin policy bypass.

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201605-13
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-05-10
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-4554 CVE-2016-4555 CVE-2016-4556
Package : squid
Type    : multiple issues
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package squid before version 3.5.19-1 is vulnerable to multiple
issues including denial of service, cache poisoning and same-origin
policy bypass.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 3.5.19-1.

# pacman -Syu "squid>=3.5.19-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.5.18.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2016-4554 (cache poisoning, same-origin policy bypass):

Due to incorrect input validation, Squid is vulnerable to a header
smuggling attack leading to cache poisoning and bypass of the
same-origin security policy in Squid and some client browsers.

- CVE-2016-4555, CVE-2016-4556 (denial of service):

Due to incorrect pointer handling and reference counting, Squid is
vulnerable to a denial of service attack when processing ESI responses.

Impact
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A remote attacker can smuggle a Host header value past some-origin
security protections to cause Squid to contact the wrong origin server.
This can also be used to poison a downstream cache storing the response,
browser or forward proxy, if this cache does not follow RFC 7230 and
lets the smuggled value through.

A remote attacker controlling a downstream server can trigger a denial
of service by delivering a crafted ESI response.

References
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http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_8.txt
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2016_9.txt
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4554
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4555
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4556