ALAS-2024-2609


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2609
Advisory Release Date: 2024-08-01 03:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-08-13 09:45 Pacific
Severity: Medium

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