Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting squid3 package, versions <3.5.23-5+deb9u7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
88.62% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SQUID3-1296173
  • published21 May 2021
  • disclosed27 May 2021

Introduced: 21 May 2021

CVE-2021-31806  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 squid3 to version 3.5.23-5+deb9u7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid3 package and not the squid3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to a memory-management bug, it is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack (against all clients using the proxy) via HTTP Range request processing.

CVSS Scores

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