Improper Locking Affecting squid package, versions <4.13-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.16% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-SQUID-18291700
  • published24 Jul 2026
  • disclosed24 Aug 2020

Introduced: 24 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-24606  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-667  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest squid to version 4.13-1 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Squid before 4.13 and 5.x before 5.0.4 allows a trusted peer to perform Denial of Service by consuming all available CPU cycles during handling of a crafted Cache Digest response message. This only occurs when cache_peer is used with the cache digests feature. The problem exists because peerDigestHandleReply() livelocking in peer_digest.cc mishandles EOF.

CVSS Base Scores

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