USN-5771-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5771-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5771-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5771-1

Published

2022-12-12T00:46:49Z

Modified

2026-02-10T04:42:52Z

Summary

squid3 regression

Details

USN-3557-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Squid. This update introduced a regression which could cause the cache log to be filled with many Vary loop messages. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Mathias Fischer discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain long strings in headers. A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2569)

William Lima discovered that Squid incorrectly handled XML parsing when processing Edge Side Includes (ESI). A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2570)

Alex Rousskov discovered that Squid incorrectly handled response-parsing failures. A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2571)

Santiago Ruano Rincón discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Vary headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3948)

Louis Dion-Marcil discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses. A malicious remote server could possibly cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1000024)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / squid3

Package

Name: squid3
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3@3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.8-1ubuntu16

3.3.8-1ubuntu17

3.5.12-1ubuntu6

3.5.12-1ubuntu7

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.1

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.3

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.4

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.6

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.7

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.8

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.9

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.10

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.11

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.12

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.13

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.14

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.15

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1",
            "binary_name": "squid"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1",
            "binary_name": "squid-cgi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1",
            "binary_name": "squid-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1",
            "binary_name": "squid-purge"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1",
            "binary_name": "squid3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1",
            "binary_name": "squidclient"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5771-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": []
}