SB2023111094 - openEuler update for squid

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46724)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing a specially crafted SSL Certificate in a server certificate chain. A remote attacker can initiate a TLS Handshake with a specially crafted SSL certificate and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46724)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling gopher responses. A remote attacker can trick the victim into connecting to a malicious gopher server, trigger a buffer overflow and crash the proxy server.

3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46728)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Gopher gateway. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1794