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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1000027

The Squid Software Foundation Squid HTTP Caching Proxy version prior to version 4.0.23 contains a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in HTTP Response X-Forwarded-For header processing that can result in Denial of Service to all clients of the proxy.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 12.9%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Squid Software Foundation Squid HTTP Caching Proxy version prior to version 4.0.23 contains a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in HTTP Response X-Forwarded-For header processing that can result in Denial of Service to all clients of the proxy. This attack appear to be exploitable via Remote HTTP server responding with an X-Forwarded-For header to certain types of HTTP request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.0.23 and later.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
12.91% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
squid-cache/squid · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.