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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-28662: Security patch for squid (ALASSQUID4-2023-004)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-28662: Security patch for squid (ALASSQUID4-2023-004)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/27/2021
Created
09/28/2023
Added
09/28/2023
Modified
09/28/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-squid
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-squid-debuginfo

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