SUSE update for squid

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU50457

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28116

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the handling of the WCCP protocol. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data and corrupt Squids list of known WCCP routers and divert client traffic to attacker controlled routers.

This attack is limited to Squid proxy with WCCPv2 enabled and IP spoofing of a router IP address configured as trusted in squid.conf.

Mitigation

Update the affected package squid to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP5

squid-debugsource: before 4.17-4.21.1

squid-debuginfo: before 4.17-4.21.1

squid: before 4.17-4.21.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12-SP5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:squid-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:squid-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:squid:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213334-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.