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Mageia 8: 2021-0499 Moderate: Squid Threat of Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey October 31, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia security notice for squid revision addresses severe information disclosure and potential remote execution threats.
Updated squid packages fix security vulnerability: Squid through 4.14 and 5.x through 5.0.5, in some configurations, allows information disclosure because of an out-of-bounds read...

Summary

Updated squid packages fix security vulnerability:
Squid through 4.14 and 5.x through 5.0.5, in some configurations, allows information disclosure because of an out-of-bounds read in WCCP protocol data. This can be leveraged as part of a chain for remote code execution as nobody (CVE-2021-28116).
Squid is updated to 4.17 that fixes this issue and other bugs.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29524

- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-rgf3-9v3p-qp82

- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/3896e584d7eeb321d7becbcedec872ffa868dd87

- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/874e8b4ca0342a1c399ddadc1cf6998590fa46a6

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28116

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory package update remote execution information disclosure Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/squid-4.17-1.mga8

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

Publication date: 31 Oct 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0499.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-28116

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory package update remote execution information disclosure Mageia

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