CVE-2021-28651
Public on 2021-05-27
Modified on 2024-04-09
Description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to a buffer-management bug, it allows a denial of service. When resolving a request with the urn: scheme, the parser leaks a small amount of memory. However, there is an unspecified attack methodology that can easily trigger a large amount of memory consumption.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | squid | 2023-02-22 | ALAS-2023-1687 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | squid | 2023-02-21 | ALAS2-2023-1950 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Squid4 Extra | squid | 2023-09-25 | ALAS2SQUID4-2023-004 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |