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From: Kurt Lieber <klieber@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200406-13 ] Squid: NTLM authentication helper buffer overflow
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:46:59
Message-Id: 20040617120457.GS9639@mail.lieber.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200406-13
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: Squid: NTLM authentication helper buffer overflow
9 Date: June 17, 2004
10 Bugs: #53367
11 ID: 200406-13
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15 Synopsis
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18 Squid contains a bug where it fails to properly check bounds of the
19 'pass' variable.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 Squid contains a bug in the function ntlm_check_auth(). It fails to do
25 proper bounds checking on the values copyied to the 'pass' variable.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-www/squid <= 2.5.5-r1 >= 2.5.5-r2
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35 Description
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38 Squid is a full-featured Web Proxy Cache designed to run on Unix
39 systems. It supports proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs,
40 as well as SSL support, cache hierarchies, transparent caching, access
41 control lists and many other features.
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43 Impact
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46 If Squid is configured to use NTLM authentication, an attacker could
47 exploit this vulnerability by sending a very long password. This could
48 lead to arbitrary code execution with the permissions of the user
49 running Squid.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
55 upgrade to the latest available version.
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57 Resolution
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60 All Squid users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
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62 # emerge sync
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64 # emerge -pv ">=net-www/squid-2.5.5-r2"
65 # emerge ">=net-www/squid-2.5.5-r2"
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67 References
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70 [ 1 ] CAN-2004-0541
71 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0541
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73 Availability
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76 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
77 the Gentoo Security Website:
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79 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-13.xml
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81 Concerns?
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84 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
85 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
86 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
87 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
88 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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90 License
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93 Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text
94 belongs to its owner(s).
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96 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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