diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'glsa-200410-15.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | glsa-200410-15.xml | 82 |
1 files changed, 82 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/glsa-200410-15.xml b/glsa-200410-15.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8dd7093cca26 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200410-15.xml @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200410-15"> + <title>Squid: Remote DoS vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + Squid contains a vulnerability in the SNMP module which may lead to a + denial of service. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">squid</product> + <announced>October 18, 2004</announced> + <revised>December 30, 2007: 03</revised> + <bug>67167</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-proxy/squid" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.5.7</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.5.7</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Squid is a full-featured Web proxy cache designed to run on Unix + systems. It supports proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs, + as well as SSL support, cache hierarchies, transparent caching, access + control lists and many other features. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + A parsing error exists in the SNMP module of Squid where a + specially-crafted UDP packet can potentially cause the server to + restart, closing all current connections. This vulnerability only + exists in versions of Squid compiled with the 'snmp' USE flag. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + An attacker can repeatedly send these malicious UDP packets to the + Squid server, leading to a denial of service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Disable SNMP support or filter the port that has SNMP processing + (default is 3401) to allow only SNMP data from trusted hosts. + </p> + <p> + To disable SNMP support put the entry snmp_port 0 in the squid.conf + configuration file. + </p> + <p> + To allow only the local interface to process SNMP, add the entry + "snmp_incoming_address 127.0.0.1" in the squid.conf configuration file. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Squid users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + + # emerge -pv ">=net-proxy/squid-2.5.7" + # emerge ">=net-proxy/squid-2.5.7"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=152&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true">iDEFENSE Advisory</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0918">CVE-2004-0918</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:38:48 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:38:55 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:44:11 +0000"> + lewk + </metadata> +</glsa> |