NULL pointer derefenrece in Squid - CVE-2018-1000027

 

NULL pointer derefenrece in Squid - CVE-2018-1000027

Published: January 23, 2018 / Updated: June 30, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10164
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000027
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect pointer handling when processing ESI responses or downloading intermediate CA certificates. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted response to the vulnerable server and trigger application crash.

Affected software

Squid
Ubuntu
Fedora
squid (Ubuntu package)
squid

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000027

Update to version 4.0.23.

squid (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
squid - addressed in versions 4.0.23-1.fc26, 4.0.23-2.fc27

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