Out-of-bounds Write Affecting squid-debuginfo package, versions <7:3.5.20-15.amzn2.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
93.7% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-SQUIDDEBUGINFO-1683628
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Feb 2020

Introduced: 4 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-8450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-131  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 squid-debuginfo to version 7:3.5.20-15.amzn2.1.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1486.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid-debuginfo package and not the squid-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. Due to incorrect buffer management, a remote client can cause a buffer overflow in a Squid instance acting as a reverse proxy.

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