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CVE-2021-28662

Published: 27 May 2021

An issue was discovered in Squid 4.x before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. If a remote server sends a certain response header over HTTP or HTTPS, there is a denial of service. This header can plausibly occur in benign network traffic.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
per upstream, all Squid older than 4.0 are not vulnerable.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
squid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

focal
Released (4.10-1ubuntu1.4)
groovy
Released (4.13-1ubuntu2.2)
hirsute
Released (4.13-1ubuntu4.1)
impish
Released (4.13-10ubuntu1)
jammy
Released (4.13-10ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.15,4.13-10)
xenial Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-b1c37c9e7b30d0efb5e5ccf8200f2a646b9c36f8.patch
upstream: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/changesets/squid-6-051824924c709bd6162a378f746fb859454c674e.patch
upstream: https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/051824924c709bd6162a378f746fb859454c674e
upstream: https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/b1c37c9e7b30d0efb5e5ccf8200f2a646b9c36f8
squid3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H