Out-of-Bounds Affecting squid-sysvinit package, versions <7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
93.7% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SQUIDSYSVINIT-1531078
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Feb 2020

Introduced: 3 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-8450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 squid-sysvinit to version 7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4082.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid-sysvinit package and not the squid-sysvinit package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

References

CVSS Scores

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