Out-of-bounds Write Affecting squid package, versions [,6.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SQUID-7371670
  • published26 Jun 2024
  • disclosed25 Jun 2024
  • creditJoshua Rogers

Introduced: 25 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-37894  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade squid to version 6.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the TrieNode::add() function, when assigning ESI variables involving multi-byte characters. An attacker can cause a crash by sending malicious input to the server.

Note: Squid is only vulnerable if it is running as a reverse proxy and ESI is enabled.

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