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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-5474-1 Critical Varnish Cache Threats

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Varnish Cache.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5474-1
June 08, 2022

varnish vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Varnish Cache.

Software Description:
- varnish: state of the art, high-performance web accelerator

Details:

It was dicovered that Varnish Cache did not clear a pointer between the
handling of one client request and the next request within the same connection.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2019-20637)

It was discovered that Varnish Cache could have an assertion failure when a
TLS termination proxy uses PROXY version 2. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to restart the daemon and cause a performance loss.
(CVE-2020-11653)

It was discovered that Varnish Cache allowed request smuggling and VCL
authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST
request. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2021-36740)

It was discovered that Varnish Cache allowed request smuggling for HTTP/1
connections. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23959)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  libvarnishapi2                  6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2
  varnish                         6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 21.10:
  libvarnishapi2                  6.5.2-1ubuntu0.2
  varnish                         6.5.2-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  libvarnishapi2                  6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
  varnish                         6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libvarnishapi1                  5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1
  varnish                         5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5474-1
  CVE-2019-20637, CVE-2020-11653, CVE-2021-36740, CVE-2022-23959

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/6.5.2-1ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-5474-1 Critical Varnish Cache Threats

ubuntu
Calendar Grey June 8, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5475-1 highlights critical issues related to OpenSSH, providing insights about the impacted platforms and necessary patches for mitigation.
Several security issues were fixed in Varnish Cache.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libvarnishapi2 6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2 varnish 6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 21.10: libvarnishapi2 6.5.2-1ubuntu0.2 varnish 6.5.2-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libvarnishapi2 6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 varnish 6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libvarnishapi1 5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1 varnish 5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5474-1

CVE-2019-20637, CVE-2020-11653, CVE-2021-36740, CVE-2022-23959

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June 08, 2022

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/6.6.1-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/6.5.2-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/6.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/varnish/5.2.1-1ubuntu0.1

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