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Ubuntu 21.04: USN-4981-1 Critical Denial Of Service Threats in Squid

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Squid.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4981-1
June 03, 2021

squid, squid3 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Squid.

Software Description:
- squid: Web proxy cache server
- squid3: Web proxy cache server

Details:

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests with the
urn: scheme. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Squid to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-28651)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled requests to the
Cache Manager API. A remote attacker with access privileges could possibly
use this issue to cause Squid to consume resources, leading to a denial of
service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10,
and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-28652)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain response
headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.10, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-28662)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled range request
processing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-31806,
CVE-2021-31807, CVE-2021-31808)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP
responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-33620)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 21.04:
  squid                           4.13-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 20.10:
  squid                           4.13-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  squid                           4.10-1ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  squid                           3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4981-1
  CVE-2021-28651, CVE-2021-28652, CVE-2021-28662, CVE-2021-31806,
  CVE-2021-31807, CVE-2021-31808, CVE-2021-33620

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.13-1ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.13-1ubuntu2.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.10-1ubuntu1.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid3/3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11

Ubuntu 21.04: USN-4981-1 Critical Denial Of Service Threats in Squid

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 3, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A recent update for Ubuntu has been issued regarding Squid, targeting several vulnerabilities that could result in denial of service and negatively affect system performance.
Several security issues were fixed in Squid.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: squid 4.13-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 20.10: squid 4.13-1ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.4 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: squid 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4981-1

CVE-2021-28651, CVE-2021-28652, CVE-2021-28662, CVE-2021-31806,

CVE-2021-31807, CVE-2021-31808, CVE-2021-33620

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June 03, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.13-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.13-1ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.10-1ubuntu1.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid3/3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11

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