Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-28652
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-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 4.3% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to incorrect parser validation, it allows a Denial of Service attack against the Cache Manager API. This allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks that. over time, lead to a Denial of Service via an unspecified short query string. This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | libecap | 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 | ALSA-2021:4292 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | libecap-devel | 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8 | ALSA-2021:4292 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | squid | 7:4.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3010+383bc947.1 | ALSA-2021:4292 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | squid | 5.0.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | squid | 5.0.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | squid | 5.0.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | squid | 5.0.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | squid | 5.0.6-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Debian:12 | squid | 4.13-10 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Debian:13 | squid | 4.13-10 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Debian:14 | squid | 4.13-10 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28652 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | libecap | 0:1.0.1-2.module+el8.4.0+404+316a0dc5 | RLSA-2021:4292 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | squid | 7:4.15-1.module+el8.5.0+705+218dec94 | RLSA-2021:4292 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5106
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447
- DSA-4924 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-c0bec55ec7 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-24af72ff2c vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210614 [SECURITY] [DLA 2685-1] squid3 security update mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20231011 Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 Vulnerabilities, 35 0days. mailing-list
- 20231016 Squid Caching Proxy Security Audit: 55 Vulnerabilities, 35 0days. mailing-list