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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:09:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: squid3@...enet.co.nz
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Squid HTTP proxy CVE request
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> Due to incorrect handling of peer responses in a hierarchy of 2 or
> more proxies remote clients (or scripts run on a client) are able to
> gain unrestricted access through a gateway proxy to its backend proxy.
Use CVE-2015-5400.
> This months release of Squid HTTP proxy, version 3.5.6, contains fixes
> for two security issues.
> Squid up to and including 3.5.5 are apparently vulnerable to DoS
> attack from malicious clients using repeated TLS renegotiation
> messages.
We have a few questions about this.
First, we probably don't understand your build process. The only
mentions of the substring "renegotiate" in squid-3.5.6.tar.bz2 are:
- TLS: Disable client-initiated renegotiation
#if defined(TLSEXT_TYPE_renegotiate)
TLSEXT_TYPE_renegotiate,
#endif
#if defined(SSL3_FLAGS_NO_RENEGOTIATE_CIPHERS)
static void
ssl_info_cb(const SSL *ssl, int where, int ret)
[ ... ]
#endif
configureSslContext
...
#if defined(SSL3_FLAGS_NO_RENEGOTIATE_CIPHERS)
SSL_CTX_set_info_callback(sslContext, ssl_info_cb);
#endif
sslCreateClientContext
...
#if defined(SSL3_FLAGS_NO_RENEGOTIATE_CIPHERS)
SSL_CTX_set_info_callback(sslContext, ssl_info_cb);
#endif
The only mention of the substring "renegotiate" in squid-3.5.5.tar.bz2
is:
#if defined(TLSEXT_TYPE_renegotiate)
TLSEXT_TYPE_renegotiate,
#endif
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/CompilingSquid doesn't seem to
mention the change.
How do these 3.5.6 changes disable anything, or serve as one of two
"fixes for two security issues"? Are you just providing a (not widely
documented) build option so that a repackager or end user could define
SSL3_FLAGS_NO_RENEGOTIATE_CIPHERS if desired?
In that situation, we don't believe there should be a CVE ID for the
official Squid distribution, because the change is about adding
functionality in the form of a new, non-default option. If a
repackager decided to build with SSL3_FLAGS_NO_RENEGOTIATE_CIPHERS and
then announce their 3.5.6 renegotiation change as a required security
update for their customers, then the repackager could have a CVE ID.
Second, we don't know what you mean by "CVE-2009-3555 ... was clearly
assigned for server-initiated renegotiation." This statement is,
however, not critical to CVE assignment, so we won't try to start a
discussion of that. The principal reason that CVE-2009-3555 can't be
correct is that CVE-2009-3555 isn't about resource-consumption DoS.
> CVE-2011-1473 which is for the library itself and disputed
Right, in a case where there should be a CVE ID, we feel that the
vulnerable product would be specific server-side code, not a
general-purpose library.
To conclude, if the position of the Squid developers is that
client-initiated renegotiation must be denied (e.g., because it can
lead to resource-consumption DoS, and there aren't any supported Squid
use cases where you feel it's important to let a client renegotiate),
and you have changed your code to take this position by default, then
you can have a CVE ID. Otherwise, we think not.
- --
CVE assignment team, MITRE CVE Numbering Authority
M/S M300
202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730 USA
[ PGP key available through http://cve.mitre.org/cve/request_id.html ]
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