USN-3192-1: Squid vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3192-1

6th February, 2017

squid3 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 16.10
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Squid could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software description

  • squid3
    – Web proxy cache server

Details

Saulius Lapinskas discovered that Squid incorrectly handled processing
HTTP conditional requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to obtain sensitive information related to other clients’ browsing
sessions. (CVE-2016-10002)

Felix Hassert discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP
Request headers when using the Collapsed Forwarding feature. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information
related to other clients’ browsing sessions. This issue only applied to
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-10003)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 16.10:
squid3

3.5.12-1ubuntu8.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
squid3

3.5.12-1ubuntu7.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
squid3

3.3.8-1ubuntu6.9
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
squid3

3.1.19-1ubuntu3.12.04.8

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-10002,

CVE-2016-10003

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