CVE-2021-28651
Due to a buffer-management bug, it allows a denial of service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.45%). 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 before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to a buffer-management bug, it allows a denial of service. When resolving a request with the urn: scheme, the parser leaks a small amount of memory. However, there is an unspecified attack methodology that can easily trigger a large amount of memory consumption.
- 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
- 7.45% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- squid-cache/squid · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/cloud manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5104Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-ch36-9jhx-phm4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5104Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-ch36-9jhx-phm4Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0007/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.