SB2022061801 - Denial of service in Squid
Published: June 18, 2022 Updated: May 2, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022061801
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-46784)
CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when processing Gopher server responses. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted response to the proxy server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.