Squid Proxy up to 2.5.STABLE7 gopherToHTML Long Line memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Squid Proxy up to 2.5.STABLE7. Affected by this vulnerability is the function gopherToHTML. The manipulation as part of Long Line results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-0094. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Squid Proxy up to 2.5.STABLE7 (Firewall Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function gopherToHTML. The manipulation as part of a Long Line leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the gopherToHTML function in the Gopher reply parser for Squid 2.5.STABLE7 and earlier allows remote malicious Gopher servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted responses.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2005. The weakness was disclosed 01/12/2005 with Squid Team (Website). The advisory is available at squid-cache.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0094 since 01/18/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18851 (FreeBSD : squid -- buffer overflow vulnerability in gopherToHTML (184ab9e0-64cd-11d9-9e1e-c296ac722cb3)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at squid-cache.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11743.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18888), Tenable (18851), SecurityFocus (BID 12276†), OSVDB (12887†) and Secunia (SA13825†). The entries VDB-1121 and VDB-23844 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 18851
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : squid -- buffer overflow vulnerability in gopherToHTML (184ab9e0-64cd-11d9-9e1e-c296ac722cb3)
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OpenVAS ID: 53482
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 651-1 (squid)
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Patch: squid-cache.org
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01/12/2005 🔍
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01/13/2005 +1 days 🔍
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06/30/2019 +5100 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: squid-cache.org

Advisory: squid-cache.org
Researcher: http://www.squid-cache.org
Organization: Squid Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0094 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0094
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1122

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X-Force: 18888
SecurityFocus: 12276 - Squid Proxy Gopher To HTML Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 13825 - Squid Two Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 12887 - Squid Web Proxy - gopherToHTML - Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 6894 - Buffer Overflow in Squid 2.5.STABLE7 gopherToHTML Function, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/17/2005 15:44
Updated: 06/30/2019 22:26
Changes: 01/17/2005 15:44 (92), 06/30/2019 22:26 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:88B:103

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