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CVE-2021-28652 json

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-15321

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An 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.

Patch / fix

  • squid-cache squid 4.15, 5.0.6
  • squid Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.13-10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28652

  • squid Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 4.10-1ubuntu1.4
  • squid3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28652

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  • squid RHEL 8 7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+11469+24c223d9
  • libecap RHEL 8 1.0.1-2.module+el8.1.0+4044+36416a77

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:4292

  • squid SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +12 more 4.15-5.26.1
  • squid SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 4.15-4.18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:1961-1SUSE-SU-2021:1838-1

  • squid openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.16-1.5
  • squid openSUSE Leap 15.3 4.15-5.26.1
  • squid openSUSE Leap 15.2 4.15-lp152.2.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11403-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1961-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0879-1

  • squid AlmaLinux 8 7:4.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3010+383bc947.1
  • libecap AlmaLinux 8 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2021:4292

  • squid Rocky Linux 8 7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+705+218dec94
  • libecap Rocky Linux 8 1.0.1-2.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2021:4292

  • squid Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11, Alpine 3.10 4.15-r0
  • squid Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +9 more 5.0.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-28652

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  • squid Arch Linux 4.15-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1949

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2021-28652 updated cvss 6.8

squid: denial of service issue in Cache Manager

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 squid, squid34 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 squid, squid-sysvinit, squid-migration-script
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) squid 4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+11469+24c223d9, libecap 1.0.1-2.module+el8.1.0+4044+36416a77
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:4292
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 squid
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.squid-cache.org https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5106 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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