Squid fixes a high-severity vulnerability

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[TLP:CLEAR] Squid fixes a high-severity vulnerability

Squid fixes a high-severity vulnerability with version 6.10 [1].

Squid - denial of service (CVE-2024-45802)

CVSS 7.5 (High)

An unauthenticated remote attacker is able, via a trusted server, to carry out a DoS attack when processing Edge Side Includes (ESI) responses. The vulnerability is exploitable on systems with ESI enabled, which can be verified by running the command "squid -v": for vulnerable versions, if the output of the command does not contain the text "--disable-esi"; for fixed versions, if the output contains the text "--enable-esi" [1].

The vulnerability is present in product:

Squid; >=3.0, <=5.10; >=6.0.1, <=6.9

CVSS: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

More information:

CVE-2024-45802 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 28. 10. 2024.

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[TLP:CLEAR] Squid fixes a high-severity vulnerability

Squid - denial of service (CVE-2024-45802)

CVSS 7.5 (High)

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