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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.144458
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Squid Security Update Advisory SQUID-2020:9
Summary:Squid is prone to a denial of service vulnerability when processing Cache; Digest responses.
Description:Summary:
Squid is prone to a denial of service vulnerability when processing Cache
Digest responses.

Vulnerability Insight:
Due to Improper Input Validation Squid is vulnerable to a denial of service
attack against the machine operating Squid.

Vulnerability Impact:
This problem allows a trusted peer to perform a Denial of Service by
consuming all available CPU cycles on the machine running Squid when handling a crafted Cache Digest response
message.

This attack is limited to Squid using cache_peer with cache digests feature.

Affected Software/OS:
Squid versions 3.0 - 4.12 and 5.0.1 - 5.0.3.

Solution:
Update to version 4.13, 5.0.4 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-24606
Debian Security Information: DSA-4751 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4751
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMTFLVB7GLRF2CKGFPZ4G4R5DIIPHWI3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BE6FKUN7IGTIR2MEEMWYDT7N5EJJLZI2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HJJDI7JQFGQLVNCKMVY64LAFMKERAOK7/
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2020_9.patch
https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-vvj7-xjgq-g2jg
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1346 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00012.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1369 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00017.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4477-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4551-1/
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