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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146028
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Squid 1.0 < 4.14, 5.0 < 5.0.5 DoS Vulnerability (SQUID-2021:3)
Summary:Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in; the Cache Manager.
Description:Summary:
Squid is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in
the Cache Manager.

Vulnerability Insight:
Due to an incorrect parser validation bug Squid is vulnerable to
a DoS attack against the Cache Manager API.

This problem allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks which over time lead to a DoS against
Squid and the machine it is operating on.

This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.

Affected Software/OS:
Squid version 1.0 through 4.14 and 5.0 through 5.0.5.

Solution:
Update to version 4.15, 5.0.6 or later. See the referenced vendor
advisory for a workaround.

CVSS Score:
4.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-28652
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