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      Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2004:3
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Advisory ID:            SQUID-2004:3
Date:                   October 5, 2004
Summary:                Remote denial of service in SNMP parser
Affected versions:      All versions up to and including 2.5.STABLE6
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     http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2004_3.txt
     http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0918
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Problem Description:

 A bug exists in the ASN1 parser used in Squid's SNMP library.  This
 code fails to fully validate certain fields in SNMP queries.  A
 specially-crafted message may contain negative values, which Squid
 passes to the malloc() function.  This may lead to a segmentation
 violation and cause Squid to restart.

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Severity:

 The bug is significant because it forces squid to restart, thus
 disrupting active transactions.  The buggy code is executed even
 before Squid makes any access control checks (i.e. snmp_access).
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Updated Packages:

 The Squid-2.5.STABLE7 release contains a fix for this
 problem. You can download the Squid-2.5.STABLE7 release from

   ftp://ftp.squid-cache.org/pub/archive/2.5/
   http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/

 or the mirrors (may take a while before all mirrors are updated).
 For a list of mirror sites see

   http://www.squid-cache.org/Download/ftp-mirrors.html
   http://www.squid-cache.org/Download/http-mirrors.html

 An individual patch for this issues can be found in our
 patch archive for version Squid-2.5.STABLE6:

   http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.5/bugs/squid-2.5.STABLE6-SNMP_core_dump.patch

 If necessary, this short patch should also apply to any version
 of Squid released after March 1998.

 If you are using a prepackaged version of Squid then please
 refer to the package vendor for availability information on
 updated packages.

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Determining if your version is vulnerable:

 This bug is present only when Squid has been compiled with SNMP
 support.  SNMP support must be enabled with the --enable-snmp
 ./configure option.

 Furthermore, Squid is vulnerable only if it is listening for SNMP
 queries on a UDP port.  You can check Squid's cache.log file for
 the following message:

    Accepting SNMP messages on port 3401, FD nn.

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Workarounds:

 The best workaround is to disable Squid's SNMP port, at least
 temporarily.  Disable SNMP by setting snmp_port to zero:

    snmp_port 0

 Note that if you delete or comment out the 'snmp_port' directive,
 Squid uses the default value (3401).

 If your SNMP agent runs on the same host as Squid, use the loopback
 IP address and use a packet filter rule to block SNMP messages
 from outside hosts.  You can bind Squid's SNMP port to the loopback
 address with this directive:

    snmp_incoming_address 127.0.0.1

 Restart or reconfigure Squid after editing squid.conf.

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Contact details for the Squid project:

 For installation / upgrade support: Your first point of contact
 should be your binary package vendor.

 If your install is built from the original Squid sources, then
 the squid-users@squid-cache.org mailing list is your primary
 support point. (see <http://www.squid-cache.org/Support/mailing-lists.html>
 for subscription details).

 For bug reporting, particularly security related bugs the
 squid-bugs@squid-cache.org mailing list is the appropriate forum.
 It's a closed list (though anyone can post) and security related
 bug reports are treated in confidence until the impact has been
 established. For non security related bugs, the squid bugzilla
 database should be used <http://bugs.squid-cache.org/>.

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Credits:

 The vulnerability was reported by iDEFENSE Labs (www.idefense.com).

 Henrik Nordstrom developed the patch for snmplib/asn1.c

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Revision history:

 2004-10-05 00:00 GMT Disclosure of vulnerability by iDEFENSE
 2004-10-25 02:10 GMT Initial release of this document
 2010-09-16 07:05 GMT Reference link updates
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