[squid-users] [squid-announce] [ADVISORY] SQUID-2019:2 Denial of Service in HTTP Basic Authentication processing

[Amos Jeffries]

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    Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2019:2
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Advisory ID:        SQUID-2019:2
Date:               July 12, 2019
Summary:            Denial of Service issue
                    in HTTP Basic Authentication processing.
Affected versions:  Squid 2.x -> 2.7.STABLE9
                    Squid 3.x -> 3.5.28
                    Squid 4.x -> 4.7
Fixed in version:   Squid 4.8
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    http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_2.txt
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12529
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Problem Description:

 Due to incorrect buffer management Squid is vulnerable to a
 denial of service attack when processing HTTP Basic
 Authentication credentials.

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Severity:

 Due to incorrect string termination the Basic authentication
 credentials decoder may access memory outside the decode buffer.

 On systems with memory access protections this can result in
 the Squid process being terminated unexpectedly. Resulting in a
 denial of service for all clients using the proxy.

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Updated Packages:

 This bug is fixed by Squid version 4.8.

 In addition, patches addressing this problem for the stable
 releases can be found in our patch archives:

Squid 4:
 <http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-dd46b5417809647f561d8a5e0e74c3aacd235258.patch>

 If you are using a prepackaged version of Squid then please refer
 to the package vendor for availability information on updated
 packages.

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Determining if your version is vulnerable:

 All Squid-2.x up to and including 2.7.0STABLE9 being used for
 Basic Authentication are vulnerable.

 All Squid-3.x up to and including 3.5.28 being used for Basic
 Authentication are vulnerable.

 All Squid-4.x up to and including 4.7 being used for Basic
 Authentication are vulnerable.


To determine whether auth_param is configured for Basic
authentication in Squid-3.2 and later use the command:

 squid -k parse | grep auth_param


To determine whether auth_param is configured for Basic
authentication in Squid-3.1 and older use the command:

 grep auth_param /etc/squid/squid.conf

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Workarounds:

Either;

 Remove 'auth_param basic ...' configuration settings from
 squid.conf.

Or,

 Build Squid-3.2.14 and later versions with --disable-auth-basic


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Contact details for the Squid project:

 For installation / upgrade support on binary packaged versions
 of Squid: Your first point of contact should be your binary
 package vendor.

 If your install and build Squid from the original Squid sources
 then the squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org mailing list is your
 primary support point. For subscription details see
 <http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/mailing-lists.html>.

 For reporting of non-security bugs in the latest STABLE release
 the squid bugzilla database should be used
 <http://bugs.squid-cache.org/>.

 For reporting of security sensitive bugs send an email to the
 squid-bugs at lists.squid-cache.org mailing list. It's a closed
 list (though anyone can post) and security related bug reports
 are treated in confidence until the impact has been established.

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Credits:

 This vulnerability was discovered by Jeriko One
 <jeriko.one at gmx.us>.

 Fixed by Amos Jeffries of Treehouse Networks Ltd.

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Revision history:

 2019-05-14 14:56:49 UTC Initial Report
 2019-05-21 21:31:31 UTC Patches Released
 2019-06-05 15:52:17 UTC CVE Assignment
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