QID 355343

Date Published: 2023-06-07

QID 355343: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for squid : ALAS-2023-1754

An issue was discovered in squid before 4.12 and 5.x before 5.0.3.
Due to use of a potentially dangerous function, squid and the default certificate validation helper are vulnerable to a denial of service when opening a tls connection to an attacker-controlled server for https.
This occurs because unrecognized error values are mapped to null, but later code expects that each error value is mapped to a valid error string. (
( CVE-2020-14058)



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS-2023-1754 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 355343

    CVE-2020-14058 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS-2023-1754 amazon linux URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1754.html
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