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USN-4065-2: Squid vulnerabilities

22 July 2019

Several security issues were fixed in Squid.

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Releases

Packages

  • squid3 - Web proxy cache server

Details

USN-4065-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Squid. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Digest authentication. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12525)

It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Basic authentication. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12529)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04

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

References

Related notices

  • USN-4065-1: squid-common, squid-purge, squidclient, squid, squid3, squid-cgi

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