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HistoryMay 19, 2021 - 3:54 p.m.

CVE-2021-28651

2021-05-1915:54:39
redhat.com
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squid
input validation
memory consumption
system availability
cve-2021-28651
urn processing

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.015

Percentile

87.2%

An input validation flaw was found in Squid. This issue could allow a malicious server in collaboration with a trusted client to consume arbitrarily large amounts of memory on the server running Squid. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Mitigation

If possible, disable URN processing by adding the following lines in squid.conf:

acl URN proto URN  
http_access deny URN  

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.015

Percentile

87.2%