Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting squid-debuginfo package, versions <7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+705+218dec94


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
85.03% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-SQUIDDEBUGINFO-3282230
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed27 May 2021

Introduced: 27 May 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 squid-debuginfo to version 7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+705+218dec94 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4292.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squid-debuginfo package and not the squid-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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 Base Scores

version 3.1