Description
An issue was discovered in Squid 3.3.9 through 3.5.28 and 4.x through 4.7. When Squid is configured to use Digest authentication, it parses the header Proxy-Authorization. It searches for certain tokens such as domain, uri, and qop. Squid checks if this token's value starts with a quote and ends with one. If so, it performs a memcpy of its length minus 2. Squid never checks whether the value is just a single quote (which would satisfy its requirements), leading to a memcpy of its length minus 1.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | squid | 4.8-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | squid | 4.8-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | squid | 4.8-1 | — |
| Debian 10 | squid | 4.6-1+deb10u1 | DSA-4507-1 |
| Debian 9 | squid3 | 3.5.23-5+deb9u2 | DLA-2278-1 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 8 | squid3 | 3.4.8-6+deb8u8 | DLA-1858-1 |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | squid3 | 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.3 | USN-4065-1 |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | squid3 | 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.8 | USN-4065-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 8 | libecap +1 | 1.0.1-2.module+el8.1.0+4044+36416a77 | RHSA-2020:2041 |
| RHEL 8 | squid | 7:4.4-8.module+el8.2.0+6449+6ba3df3e.1 | RHSA-2020:2041 |
| RHEL 7 | squid +2 | 7:3.5.20-15.el7_8.1 | RHSA-2020:2040 |
AlmaLinux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 8 | libecap +1 | 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 | ALSA-2020:2041 |
Rocky Linux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux 8 | libecap | 1.0.1-2.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5 | RLSA-2020:2041 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP1 | squid | 4.9-5.11.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2975-1 |
| SLES 15 | squid | 4.9-5.11.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2975-1 |
| SLES 12 SP4 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SLES 12 SP3 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SLES 12 SP2 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
Show 11 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 11 SP4 | squid3 | 3.1.23-8.16.37.12.1 | SUSE-SU-2020:14460-1 |
| SLES for SAP 12 SP4 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SLES for SAP 12 SP3 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SLES for SAP 12 SP2 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-2 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 | squid3 | 3.1.23-8.16.37.12.1 | SUSE-SU-2020:14460-1 |
| SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-2 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-2, SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 | squid | 3.5.21-26.17.1 | SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | squid | 4.16-1.5 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11403-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.1 | squid | 4.9-lp151.2.7.1 | openSUSE-SU-2019:2541-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.0 | squid | 4.9-lp150.13.1 | openSUSE-SU-2019:2540-1 |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.10 | squid | 4.8-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.9 | squid | 4.8-r0 | — |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 | squid +2 | 7:3.5.20-15.amzn2.1 | ALAS2-2020-1448 |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 8 | libecap +1 | 1.0.1-2.module+el8.1.0+5405+03b963f4 | ELSA-2020-2041 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | squid | 7:4.4-8.module+el8.2.0+7611+d512f060.1 | ELSA-2020-2041 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | squid +2 | 7:3.5.20-15.el7_8.1 | ELSA-2020-2040 |
Advisories 19
- ALSA-2020:2041 Important: squid:4 security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- RHSA-2020:2040 Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- DSA-4507-1 squid - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DLA-1858-1 squid3 - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DLA-2278-1 squid3 - security update Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- USN-4065-1 squid, squid3 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Feb 10, 2026
- RLSA-2020:2041 Important: squid:4 security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Feb 5, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2019:2089-2 Security update for squid SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11403-1 squid-4.16-1.5 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2541-1 Security update for squid SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2019:2975-1 Security update for squid SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2540-1 Security update for squid SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2019:2089-1 Security update for squid SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- RHSA-2020:2041 Red Hat Security Advisory: squid:4 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jan 14, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2020:14460-1 Security update for squid3 SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 2, 2025
- WID-SEC-2023-2486 Squid: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 26, 2023
- ALAS2-2020-1448 Important: squid security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Jul 1, 2020
- ELSA-2020-2041 Important: squid:4 security update (Oracle Linux 8) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · May 12, 2020
- ELSA-2020-2040 Important: squid security update (Oracle Linux 7) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · May 7, 2020
References
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commits/v4
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-7f73e9c5d17664b882ed32590e6af310c247f320.patch
- USN-4065-1 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190720 [SECURITY] [DLA 1858-1] squid3 security update mailing-list
- USN-4065-2 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-cb50bcc189 vendor-advisory
- DSA-4507 vendor-advisory
- 20190825 [SECURITY] [DSA 4507-1] squid security update mailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2540 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2541 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200710 [SECURITY] [DLA 2278-1] squid3 security update mailing-list