An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to incorrect parser validation, it allows a Denial of Service attack against the Cache Manager API. This allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks that. over time, lead to a Denial of Service via an unspecified short query string. This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | squid | 2023-02-17 00:02 | ALAS-2023-1687 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | squid | 2023-02-17 00:11 | ALAS2-2023-1950 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Squid4 Extra | squid | 2023-08-21 20:59 | ALAS2SQUID4-2023-004 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |