Description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to an input-validation bug, it is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack (against all clients using the proxy). A client sends an HTTP Range request to trigger this.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-e7cf864f938f24eea8af0692c04d16790983c823.patchExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-pxwq-f3qr-w2xfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-e7cf864f938f24eea8af0692c04d16790983c823.patchExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-pxwq-f3qr-w2xfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- May 27, 2021
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified