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Gentoo: GLSA 202105-14 Normal: Squid Denial of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Explore Gentoo GLSA 202102-18 that details several Nginx flaws impacting system stability and user information safety.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Squid, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Squid. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo software update multiple issues squid multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Resolution

All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-4.15"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-25097 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25097 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-28116 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28116 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-28651 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28651 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-28652 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28652 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-28662 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28662 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-31806 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31806 [ 7 ] CVE-2021-31807 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31807 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-31808 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31808

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-14
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2021
Bugs: #775194, #789309
ID: 202105-14

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo software update multiple issues squid multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Squid, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache designed to run on Unix systems. It supports proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs, as well as SSL support, cache hierarchies, transparent caching, access control lists and many other features.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-proxy/squid < 4.15 >= 4.15

Impact

===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or information leak.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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