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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-12854: Moderate: squid:4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2020-4743)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-12854: Moderate: squid:4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2020-4743)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/15/2019
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
05/13/2022

Description

Due to incorrect string termination, Squid cachemgr.cgi 4.0 through 4.7 may access unallocated memory. On systems with memory access protections, this can cause the CGI process to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in a denial of service for all clients using it.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-libecap
  • alma-upgrade-libecap-devel

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