CVE-2021-28116

Summary

CVECVE-2021-28116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-09 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:32:00 UTC
DescriptionSquid through 4.14 and 5.x through 5.0.5, in some configurations, allows information disclosure because of an out-of-bounds read in WCCP protocol data. This can be leveraged as part of a chain for remote code execution as nobody.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid All All All All
Application Squid-cache Squid All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2021-28116 / ZDI-CAN-11610 / SQUID-2020:12 Out-Of-Bounds memory access in WCCPv2 MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: squid-4.15-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5171-1 squid DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: squid-4.15-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
ZDI-21-157 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
squid : Optimising Web Delivery MISC www.squid-cache.org Product, Vendor Advisory
Squid: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: squid-5.0.6-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: squid-5.0.6-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-rgf3-9v3p-qp82 MISC github.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159831 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for squid:4 (ELSA-2022-1939)
  • 179566 Debian Security Update for squid (DSA 5171-1)
  • 183930 Debian Security Update for squid (CVE-2021-28116)
  • 198532 Ubuntu Security Notification for Squid Vulnerability (USN-5104-1)
  • 240284 Red Hat Update for squid:4 (RHSA-2022:1939)
  • 281619 Fedora Security Update for squid (FEDORA-2021-c0bec55ec7)
  • 281620 Fedora Security Update for squid (FEDORA-2021-24af72ff2c)
  • 296065 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 39.107.1 Missing (CPUOCT2021)
  • 356184 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for squid : ALASSQUID4-2023-004
  • 356430 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for squid : ALAS2-2023-2318
  • 500662 Alpine Linux Security Update for squid
  • 501498 Alpine Linux Security Update for squid
  • 502033 Alpine Linux Security Update for squid
  • 504434 Alpine Linux Security Update for squid
  • 671160 EulerOS Security Update for squid (EulerOS-SA-2021-2815)
  • 671714 EulerOS Security Update for squid (EulerOS-SA-2022-1766)
  • 671830 EulerOS Security Update for squid (EulerOS-SA-2022-1916)
  • 710101 Gentoo Linux Squid Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202105-14)
  • 751209 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for squid (SUSE-SU-2021:3334-1)
  • 751267 OpenSUSE Security Update for squid (openSUSE-SU-2021:3485-1)
  • 751309 OpenSUSE Security Update for squid (openSUSE-SU-2021:1419-1)
  • 940533 AlmaLinux Security Update for squid:4 (ALSA-2022:1939)
  • 960257 Rocky Linux Security Update for squid:4 (RLSA-2022:1939)
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