Medium: squid

Issue Overview:

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Out-of-bounds Write error when assigning ESI variables, Squid is susceptible to a Memory Corruption error. This error can lead to a Denial of Service attack. (CVE-2024-37894)

Affected Packages:

squid

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

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

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    squid-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.aarch64  
    squid-sysvinit-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.aarch64  
    squid-migration-script-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.aarch64  
    squid-debuginfo-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    squid-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.i686  
    squid-sysvinit-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.i686  
    squid-migration-script-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.i686  
    squid-debuginfo-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.i686  
  
src:  
    squid-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.src  
  
x86_64:  
    squid-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.x86_64  
    squid-sysvinit-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.x86_64  
    squid-migration-script-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.x86_64  
    squid-debuginfo-3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2024-37894

Mitre: CVE-2024-37894