GLSA 201411-11: Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/27/2014
Bugs:	#504176, #522498
ID:	201411-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Squid, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-proxy/squid	< 3.3.13-r1	>= 3.3.13-r1	All supported architectures

Description

An assertion failure in processing of SSL-Bump has been found in Squid. Heap based overflow is discovered when processing SNMP requests.

Impact

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in a executing of arbitrary code or Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-proxy/squid-3.3.13-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-11.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.