CVE-2021-28662

squid: denial of service in HTTP response processing

Published May 27, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 71.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4924-1 squid security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-15326 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4981-1 Squid vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 9:47 PM
Reserved
Mar 18, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 27, 2021, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:46 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 10, 2021, 12:00 AM