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Ubuntu: Squid Important Information Disclosure USN-7845-1 CVE-2025-62168

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Calendar Grey October 28, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7845-1 addresses Squid vulnerability allowing unintended network access to sensitive information.
Squid would allow unintended access to sensitive information over the network.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Squid would allow unintended access to sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - squid: Web proxy cache server - squid3: Web proxy cache server Details: Leonardo Giovannini discovered that Squid failed to redact HTTP Authentication credentials in a default configuration. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu important squid information disclosure network access

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 squid 6.13-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 25.04 squid 6.13-1ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS squid 6.13-0ubuntu0.24.04.3 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS squid 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.4 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.13+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS squid 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro squid3 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm4 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS squid 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro squid3 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7845-1

CVE-2025-62168

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7845-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu important squid information disclosure network access

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/6.13-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/6.13-0ubuntu0.24.04.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squid/5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.4

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