Squid Compressed DNS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:4363

Info

Squid Compressed DNS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4363
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 26 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 26 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Credited to zen-parse <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE4
- MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
- MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE3
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE2
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1.1
+ Caldera OpenServer 5.0.6
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE1
+ HP Secure OS software for Linux 1.0
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.2
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
+ FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3.1
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE5
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE4
- Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
- Immunix Immunix OS 7.0 beta
 - Immunix Immunix OS 7.0
- Immunix Immunix OS 6.2
- MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
- MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.3
- SuSE Linux 7.2
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 6.4
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.0 1
 National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE3
- MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
- MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.0 1
 National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE2
- MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
- MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
- Trustix Secure Linux 1.0 1
 National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.1 ia64
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 + SCO Open Server 5.0.6 a
 + SCO Open Server 5.0.6
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.5
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.4
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.3
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.2
+ SCO Open Server 5.0.1
+ SCO Open Server 5.0
+ SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
 + SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
 National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.2 STABLE5
- SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.0
- SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 6.3 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 6.3
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.2
- Redhat Linux 6.0 sparc
 - Redhat Linux 6.0 alpha
 - Redhat Linux 6.0
- Redhat Linux 5.2 sparc
 - Redhat Linux 5.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 5.2 alpha
 National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.1
National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.0
Not Vulnerable: National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE6
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1

Discussion

Squid Compressed DNS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Squid is a high performance web cache and proxy. Squid was initially developed for the Unix platform, and is available for Linux and most major Unix like operating systems. Recent versions of Squid may function under Windows.

Squid may exit with a SIGSEGV error when it processes maliciously formed compressed DNS answers. A restart may be required in order to regain normal functionality.

Exploit / POC

Squid Compressed DNS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Squid Compressed DNS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Red Hat has provided an advisory and updated versions of Squid. It should be noted that Red Hat Linux 7.3 is not vulnerable to this issue.

HP has released an advisory. HP Secure OS 1.0 is vulnerable to this condition. HP has advised users to obtain and install the RPM packages listed for RedHat Advisory RHSA-2002-051. Further details are available in the advisory.

Updates are available.


National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.0

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.1

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.2

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.2 STABLE5

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE5

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE2

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE4

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3 STABLE3

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.3.1

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE4

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE2

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE3

National Science Foundation Squid Web Proxy 2.4 STABLE1

References

Squid Compressed DNS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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