CVE-2021-28652

NameCVE-2021-28652
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to incorrect parser validation, it allows a Denial of Service attack against the Cache Manager API. This allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks that. over time, lead to a Denial of Service via an unspecified short query string. This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2685-1, DSA-4924-1
Debian Bugs988892

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
squid (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye4.13-10+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)5.7-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie6.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
squidsourcebuster4.6-1+deb10u6DSA-4924-1
squidsource(unstable)4.13-10988892
squid3sourcestretch3.5.23-5+deb9u7DLA-2685-1
squid3source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-0003e3518dc95e4b5ab46b5140af79b22253048e.patch
https://megamansec.github.io/Squid-Security-Audit/cachemanager-memleak.html

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