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	    Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory

Subject:		OpenServer: multiple vulnerabilities in squid
Advisory number: 	CSSA-2002-SCO.7
Issue date: 		2002 March 4
Cross reference:
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1. Problem Description

	Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in squid, including
	(but not limited to) the following issues:

	- htcp_port 0 now properly disables htcp
        - Fixed problem with certain non-anonymous ftp style URL's
        - SNMP bugfixes including several memory leaks
        - Fixed bug #255: core dump on SSL/CONNECT if access denied by
          miss_access
        - Fixed a coredump when creating FTP directories
	- Fixed a potential coredump situation on snmpwalk in certain
	  configurations 
		  
	The full list is in the ChangeLog for Squid 2.4.STABLE4. The
	last released verison of squid for OpenServer was 2.4.STABLE1.


2. Vulnerable Supported Versions

	Operating System	Version		Affected Files
	------------------------------------------------------------------
	OpenServer		<=5.0.6a	squid-2.4.STABLE4-VOLS.tar


3. Workaround

	None.


4. OpenServer

  4.1 Location of Fixed Binaries

	ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2002-SCO.7/
	ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/squid-2.4.STABLE4-VOLS.tar


  4.2 Verification

	MD5 (squid-2.4.STABLE4-VOLS.tar) = d8a841049ce47d0dc02af7dd8ff19300


	md5 is available for download from
		ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/tools/


  4.3 Installing Fixed Binaries

	Upgrade the affected binaries with the following commands:

	Download ftp2.caldera.com/pub/skunkware/osr5/vols/squid-2.4.STABLE4-VOLS.tar
	to the /tmp directory

	# cd /tmp
	# tar xvf squid-2.4.STABLE4-VOLS.tar

	Run the custom command, specify an install from media images,
	and specify the /tmp directory as the location of the images.


5. References

	This and other advisories are located at
		http://stage.caldera.com/support/security

	This advisory addresses Caldera Security internal incidents
	sr860951, fz520236, erg711970.


6. Disclaimer

	Caldera International, Inc. is not responsible for the misuse
	of any of the information we provide on our website and/or
	through our security advisories. Our advisories are a service
	to our customers intended to promote secure installation and
	use of Caldera International products.


7. Acknowledgements

	The ftp vulnerability was discovered by Jouko Pynnonen
	<jouko@solutions.fi>.

	Caldera would like to thank Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
	and the Squid team for responding with alacrity.

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