Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting squid package, versions <4.9-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-SQUID-5695999
  • published21 Mar 2020
  • disclosed20 Mar 2020

Introduced: 20 Mar 2020

CVE-2019-18860  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 squid to version 4.9-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid package and not the squid package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Squid before 4.9, when certain web browsers are used, mishandles HTML in the host (aka hostname) parameter to cachemgr.cgi.

CVSS Scores

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