Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting squid package, versions <7:3.5.20-15.39.amzn1


high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 94.9% (100th percentile)
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NVD
6.1 medium
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SUSE
5.4 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-SQUID-1722046
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 5 Jul 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 squid to version 7:3.5.20-15.39.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1386.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The cachemgr.cgi web module of Squid through 4.7 has XSS via the user_name or auth parameter.