#VU25020 Buffer overflow in Squid - CVE-2020-8517
Published: February 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25020
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8517
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Squid
Squid
Software vendor:
Squid-cache.org
Squid-cache.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the NTLM authentication credentials parser in ext_lm_group_acl. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected proxy server, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.