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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 (GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447, 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.

This flaw was part of the 'Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 vulnerabilities and 35 0days'
publication in October 2023 and filed as 'Memory Leak in CacheManager URI Parsing'.

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
Debian Security Information: DSA-4924 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14
https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5106
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3
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