USN-5491-1: Squid vulnerability

Publication date

22 June 2022

Overview

Squid could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.


Packages

  • squid - Web proxy cache server
  • squid3 - Web proxy cache server

Details

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the Gopher
protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the Gopher
protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy squid –  5.2-1ubuntu4.1
21.10 impish squid –  4.13-10ubuntu5.1
20.04 focal squid –  4.10-1ubuntu1.6
18.04 bionic squid –  3.5.27-1ubuntu1.13

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