Integer overflow in Squid - CVE-2021-31808

 

Integer overflow in Squid - CVE-2021-31808

Published: May 10, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53021
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31808
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Squid-cache.org
Affected software:
Squid

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when delivering responses from HTTP Range requests. A remote proxy client can send specially crafted HTTP request via the proxy server, force the server to initiate a necessary response, trigger integer overflow in Squid and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-31808

Install updates from vendor's website.

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