Main Vulnerability Database SB2014091803

SB2014091803 - Amazon Linux AMI update for squid

Published: September 18, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014091803

Severity

Medium

Patch available

YES

Number of vulnerabilities 2

Exploitation vector Remote access

Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low
Medium
High
Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4115)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Buffer overflow in the idnsALookup function in dns_internal.cc in Squid 3.2 through 3.2.11 and 3.3 through 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and server termination) via a long name in a DNS lookup request.

2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3609)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

HttpHdrRange.cc in Squid 3.x before 3.3.12 and 3.4.x before 3.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with crafted "Range headers with unidentifiable byte-range values."

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-411.html