MGASA-2018-0095

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    MGASA-2018-0095

    Published: 24 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated squid packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Due to incorrect pointer handling Squid is vulnerable to denial of service attack when processing ESI responses. This problem allows a remote server delivering certain ESI response syntax to trigger a denial of service for all clients accessing the Squid service (SQUID-2018:1). Due to incorrect pointer handling Squid is vulnerable to denial of service attack when processing ESI responses or downloading intermediate CA certificates. This problem allows a remote client delivering certain HTTP requests in conjunction with certain trusted server responses to trigger a denial of service for all clients accessing the Squid service (SQUID-2018:2).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0095.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22440, http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2018_1.txt, http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2018_2.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/squid?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.5.23-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High