CVE-2013-4115

Publication date 9 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Buffer overflow in the idnsALookup function in dns_internal.cc in Squid 3.2 through 3.2.11 and 3.3 through 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and server termination) via a long name in a DNS lookup request.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
squid3 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

this only affects 3.2+ although upstream has a patch for older versions, 3.1 and older perform URL validation before hitting the affected code, so they aren't vulnerable to the security issue. saucy has vulnerable version in -proposed