Friday Squid Blogging: Newly Identified Ichthyosaur Species Probably Ate Squid

This is a deep-diving species that "fed on small prey items such as squid." Academic paper. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : squid Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0060)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has squid packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When handling the tag esi:when when ESI is enabled, Squid calls ESIExpression::Evaluate. This function...

NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : squid Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2020-0090)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has squid packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.7. When handling the tag esi:when when ESI is enabled, Squid calls ESIExpression::Evaluate. This function...

Insecure Access Control

squid3 is insecure access control. The vulnerability exists because of decoding the string which allows an attacker to retrieve the decoded data via the display of usernames on error pages...

Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Found in Australian Waters

A bigfin squid has been found -- and filmed -- in Australian waters for the first time. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here...

Friday Squid Blogging: Diplomoceras Maximum

Diplomoceras maximum is an ancient squid-like creature. It lived about 68 million years ago, looked kind of like a giant paperclip, and may have had a lifespan of 200 years. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my...

Important: squid

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. It allows a crafted FTP server to trigger disclosure of sensitive information from heap memory, such as information associated with other users' sessions or non-Squid processes. CVE-2019-12528 An issue was discovered in...

Amazon Linux AMI : squid (ALAS-2020-1453)

The version of squid installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.20-17.41. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2020-1453 advisory. An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. It allows a crafted FTP server to trigger disclosure of sensitive...

Friday Squid Blogging: Underwater Robot Uses Squid-Like Propulsion

This is neat: By generating powerful streams of water, UCSDs squid-like robot can swim untethered. The "squidbot" carries its own power source, and has the room to hold more, including a sensor or camera for underwater exploration. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...

squid:4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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squid security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2020:4082 An update for squid is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

CentOS 7 : squid (RHSA-2020:4082)

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4082 advisory. - An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. It allows a crafted FTP server to trigger disclosure of sensitive information from heap memory, such as...

squid: Improper input validation issues in HTTP Request processing

A flaw was found in squid. Due to incorrect input validation, squid can interpret crafted HTTP requests in unexpected ways to access server resources prohibited by earlier security filters...

squid: DoS in TLS handshake

A flaw was found in squid. A denial-of-service attack while processing TLS certificates is possible due to use of a potentially dangerous function in Squid and the default certificate validation helper. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability...

squid: Improper input validation could result in a DoS

A flaw was found in squid. A denial of service attack is possible due to an improper input validation. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability...

squid: HTTP Request Splitting issue in HTTP message processing

An issue was discovered in Squid 3.x and 4.x through 4.8. It allows attackers to smuggle HTTP requests through frontend software to a Squid instance that splits the HTTP Request pipeline differently. The resulting Response messages corrupt caches between a client and Squid with attacker-controlle...

squid: Heap overflow issue in URN processing

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the way squid processed certain Uniform Resource Names URNs. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Squid to crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Squid...

squid: Denial of service in cachemgr.cgi

Due to incorrect string termination, Squid cachemgr.cgi 4.0 through 4.7 may access unallocated memory. On systems with memory access protections, this can cause the CGI process to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service for all clients using it...

squid: Information Disclosure issue in HTTP Digest Authentication

An issue was discovered in Squid 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x through 4.8. Due to incorrect data management, it is vulnerable to information disclosure when processing HTTP Digest Authentication. Nonce tokens contain the raw byte value of a pointer that sits within heap memory allocation. This information...

squid: Buffer overflow in reverse-proxy configurations

A flaw was found in squid. Due to incorrect buffer management, a remote client can cause a buffer overflow in a Squid instance acting as a reverse proxy...