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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-18676

Due to incorrect input validation, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that can result in Denial of Service to all clients using the proxy.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 9.18%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid 3.x and 4.x through 4.8. Due to incorrect input validation, there is a heap-based buffer overflow that can result in Denial of Service to all clients using the proxy. Severity is high due to this vulnerability occurring before normal security checks; any remote client that can reach the proxy port can trivially perform the attack via a crafted URI scheme.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
9.18% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
squid-cache/squid · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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