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Ubuntu 20.04 USN-6728-3 Critical: Squid Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey April 23, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The latest Squid security patch resolves a denial of service issue impacting Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Apply the update to avoid system shutdowns.
Squid could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: Squid could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - squid: Web proxy cache server Details: USN-6728-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Squid. The fix for CVE-2023-5824 caused Squid to crash in certain environments on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and was disabled in USN-6728-2. The problematic fix for CVE-2023-5824 has now been corrected and reinstated in this update. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled collapsed forwarding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49288) Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain structural elements. A remote attacker could possibl...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.12 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6728-3

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6728-1

CVE-2023-49288, CVE-2023-5824,

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6728-3

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/4.10-1ubuntu1.12

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