Out-of-bounds Write Affecting squid:4/libecap-devel package, versions <0:1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    12.49% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX8-SQUID-5622480
  • published 28 May 2023
  • disclosed 6 May 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 squid:4/libecap-devel to version 0:1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2020:2041.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid:4/libecap-devel package and not the squid:4/libecap-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Squid 3.3.9 through 3.5.28 and 4.x through 4.7. When Squid is configured to use Digest authentication, it parses the header Proxy-Authorization. It searches for certain tokens such as domain, uri, and qop. Squid checks if this token's value starts with a quote and ends with one. If so, it performs a memcpy of its length minus 2. Squid never checks whether the value is just a single quote (which would satisfy its requirements), leading to a memcpy of its length minus 1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High