Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting squid package, versions <4.9-2ubuntu4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-SQUID-578189
  • published5 Feb 2020
  • disclosed4 Feb 2020

Introduced: 4 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-8449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 squid to version 4.9-2ubuntu4 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. Due to incorrect input validation, it can interpret crafted HTTP requests in unexpected ways to access server resources prohibited by earlier security filters.

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