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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-28662

If a remote server sends a certain response header over HTTP or HTTPS, there is a denial of service.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 71.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid 4.x before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. If a remote server sends a certain response header over HTTP or HTTPS, there is a denial of service. This header can plausibly occur in benign network traffic.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
71.76% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-116
Affected
squid-cache/squid · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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