USN-6728-2
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-04-11 11:13 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:43 – Source websiteUSN-6728-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Squid. The fix for CVE-2023-5824 caused Squid to crash in certain environments on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The problematic fix has been reverted pending further investigation.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled collapsed forwarding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49288)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain structural elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-5824)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Cache Manager error responses. A remote trusted client can possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-23638)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the HTTP Chunked decoder. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25111)
Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP header parsing. A remote trusted client can possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25617)
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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}
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"availability": "No subscription required",
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},
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"binary_name": "squid-common",
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},
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"binary_name": "squid-purge",
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}
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"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid@4.10-1ubuntu1.11?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
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"4.9-2ubuntu3",
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"aliases": [],
"details": "USN-6728-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Squid. The fix for CVE-2023-5824 caused\nSquid to crash in certain environments on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The problematic\nfix has been reverted pending further investigation.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled collapsed\n forwarding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid\n to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-49288)\n \n Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain structural\n elements. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to\n crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-5824)\n \n Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled Cache Manager error\n responses. A remote trusted client can possibly use this issue to cause\n Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-23638)\n \n Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled the HTTP Chunked\n decoder. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to\n stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25111)\n \n Joshua Rogers discovered that Squid incorrectly handled HTTP header\n parsing. A remote trusted client can possibly use this issue to cause\n Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25617)\n",
"id": "USN-6728-2",
"modified": "2026-02-10T04:43:40Z",
"published": "2024-04-11T11:13:39Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6728-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/2060880"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "squid regression",
"upstream": []
}
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