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Vulnerability · Published Mar 19, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-25097

High 8.6

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the libecap package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 7.3% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.6High
Exploit odds (30 days)7.3%top 5.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in Squid through 4.13 and 5.x through 5.0.4. Due to improper input validation, it allows a trusted client to perform HTTP Request Smuggling and access services otherwise forbidden by the security controls. This occurs for certain uri_whitespace configuration settings.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8libecap1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8ALSA-2021:1979
AlmaLinux:8libecap-devel1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8ALSA-2021:1979
Alpine:v3.20squid5.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25097
Alpine:v3.21squid5.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25097
Alpine:v3.22squid5.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25097
Alpine:v3.23squid5.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25097
Alpine:v3.24squid5.0.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-25097
Debian:12squid4.13-8DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25097
Debian:13squid4.13-8DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25097
Debian:14squid4.13-8DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25097
Rocky Linux:8libecap0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5RLSA-2021:1979
Rocky Linux:8squid7:4.11-4.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5.2RLSA-2021:1979

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References