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High
CVE-2020-8449
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. Due to...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2020_1.txt
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-d8e4715992d0e530871519549add5519cbac0598.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/squid-3.5-8e657e835965c3a011375feaa0359921c5b3e2dd.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-b3a0719affab099c684f1cd62b79ab02816fa962.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2020_1.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/SQUID-2020_1.patch
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4289-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00012.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-34
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G6W2IQ7QV2OGREFFUBNVZIDD3RJBDE4R/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TSU6SPANL27AGK5PCGBJOKG4LUWA555J/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00010.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4682
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210304-0002/
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View all reports →Affected Software
squid, debian linux, ubuntu linux, leap, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 9.0, 10.0, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 15.1, 30, 31
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 4th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.