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Squid Proxy Cache Security Update Advisory SQUID-2019:1
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Squid is prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to incorrect string termination the cachemgr.cgi which may access unallocated memory.
Insight
Insight
This problem allows a remote attacker with access to the Squid manager API to perform a denial of service on other clients. This problem is limited to the cachemgr CGI binary. Web servers which run per-client instances of CGI tools are affected by the issue, but the denial of service is not able to affect other clients.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Squid versions 4.x - 4.7.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 4.8 or later.