ALASSQUID4-2023-005

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-25097  

A flaw was found in squid. Due to improper validation while parsing the request URI, squid is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. This issue could allow a trusted client to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack and access services otherwise forbidden by squid. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. (CVE-2020-25097)

ALASSQUID4-2023-005


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASSQUID4-2023-005
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-21 20:59 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-25 22:00 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in squid. Due to improper validation while parsing the request URI, squid is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling. This issue could allow a trusted client to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack and access services otherwise forbidden by squid. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality. (CVE-2020-25097)


Affected Packages:

squid


Issue Correction:
Run yum update squid to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    squid-4.14-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    squid-debuginfo-4.14-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

i686:
    squid-4.14-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
    squid-debuginfo-4.14-1.amzn2.0.1.i686

src:
    squid-4.14-1.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    squid-4.14-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    squid-debuginfo-4.14-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64