12887 : Squid gopherToHTML() Function Remote Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2005-01-12

Description

A remote overflow exists in Squid. The 'gopherToHTML()' function fails to perform proper bounds checking resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request from a malicious gopher server which response with overly long lines, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Robert Collins et al. has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Robert Collins

Squid Web Proxy Cache

2.5.STABLE7

References

Security Tracker: 1012883
SCIP VulDB ID: 1121
Related OSVDB ID: 12886
Secunia Advisory ID: 13825 13983 14023 14251 14484
ISS X-Force ID: 18888
CVE ID: 2005-0094 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000923
http://www.astaro.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=56136&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#56136
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:014
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-651
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-25.xml
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/#squid-2.5.STABLE7-gopher_html_parsing
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-67-1
Vendor URL: http://www.squid-cache.org/
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE7-gopher_html_parsing.patch
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:061

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-02 | Disagree?

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