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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-46784
In Squid 3.x through 3.5.28, 4.x through 4.17, and 5.x...
Vulnerability Description
In Squid 3.x through 3.5.28, 4.x through 4.17, and 5.x before 5.6, due to improper buffer management, a Denial of Service can occur when processing long Gopher server responses.
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
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/5e2ea2b13bd98f53e29964ca26bb0d602a8a12b9
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/SQUID-2021_7.patch
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-f5cp-6rh3-284w
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46784
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0007/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/13/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/21/1
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 10.0, 11.0, 12.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 17th, 2022
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.