Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting squid package, versions <4.4-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-SQUID-5696166
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed9 Nov 2018

Introduced: 9 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19131  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 squid to version 4.4-1 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 4.4 has XSS via a crafted X.509 certificate during HTTP(S) error page generation for certificate errors.