Fedora 39 update for squid



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2024-23638
CVE-2024-25111
CWE-ID CWE-825
CWE-674
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

squid
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Expired pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU85722

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-23638

CWE-ID: CWE-825 - Expired pointer dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an expired pointer dereference in the Cache Manager when handling error responses. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 39

squid: before 6.9-1.fc39

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-bd8c6c6926


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.

2) Uncontrolled recursion

EUVDB-ID: #VU87680

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25111

CWE-ID: CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an uncontrolled recursion within the HTTP Chunked decoder when handling HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted chunked encoded HTTP Message to the proxy server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 39

squid: before 6.9-1.fc39

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-bd8c6c6926


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.



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