Due to a Buffer Overread bug Squid is vulnerable to a Denial of
Service attack against Squid HTTP Message processing.

Severity:

This problem allows a remote attacker to perform Denial of
Service when sending easily crafted HTTP Messages.

CVSS Score of 8.6
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H&version=3.1

Updated Packages:

This bug is fixed by Squid version 6.5.

In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable
releases can be found in our patch archives:

Squid 5 and older:

http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/SQUID-2023_7.patch

Squid 6:

http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/SQUID-2023_7.patch

If you are using a prepackaged version of Squid then please refer
to the package vendor for availability information on updated
packages.

Determining if your version is vulnerable:

All Squid-2.2 up to and including 4.17 have not been tested
and should be assumed to be vulnerable.

All Squid-5.x up to and including 5.9 are vulnerable.

All Squid-6.x up to and including 6.4 are vulnerable.

Workaround:

There is no workaround for this issue.

Contact details for the Squid project:

For installation / upgrade support on binary packaged versions
of Squid: Your first point of contact should be your binary
package vendor.

If you install and build Squid from the original Squid sources
then the squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org mailing list is your
primary support point. For subscription details see
http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/mailing-lists.html.

For reporting of non-security bugs in the latest STABLE release
the squid bugzilla database should be used
https://bugs.squid-cache.org/.

For reporting of security sensitive bugs send an email to the
squid-bugs@lists.squid-cache.org mailing list. It's a closed
list (though anyone can post) and security related bug reports
are treated in confidence until the impact has been established.

Credits:

This vulnerability was discovered by Joshua Rogers of Opera
Software.

Fixed by The Measurement Factory.

Revision history:

2023-10-12 11:53:02 UTC Initial Report
2023-10-25 19:41:45 UTC Patches Released

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