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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-46784: Security patch for squid (ALAS-2023-1677)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-46784: Security patch for squid (ALAS-2023-1677)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/22/2022
Created
02/08/2023
Added
02/07/2023
Modified
02/07/2023

Description

In Squid 3.x through 3.5.28, 4.x through 4.17, and 5.x before 5.6, due to improper buffer management, a Denial of Service can occur when processing long Gopher server responses.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-squid

References

  • ALAS-2023-1677
  • CVE-2021-46784
  • USN-5491-1

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