MGASA-2019-0265 - Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 12 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0265.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2019-12525,
     CVE-2019-12529,
     CVE-2019-13345

Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities:

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Digest authentication.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2019-12525).

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Basic authentication.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2019-12529).

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the cachemgr.cgi web
module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks (CVE-2019-13345).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25110
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4059-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4065-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12525
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12529
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13345

SRPMS:
- 6/core/squid-3.5.27-1.2.mga6

Mageia 2019-0265: squid security update

Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities: It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Digest authentication

Summary

Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities:
It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Digest authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2019-12525).
It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Basic authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2019-12529).
It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the cachemgr.cgi web module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks (CVE-2019-13345).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25110

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4059-1

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4065-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12525

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12529

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13345

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0265 - Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 6/core/squid-3.5.27-1.2.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 12 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0265.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-12525, CVE-2019-12529, CVE-2019-13345

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