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Red Hat: CVE-2019-12854: CVE-2019-12854 squid: Denial of service in cachemgr.cgi (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-12854: CVE-2019-12854 squid: Denial of service in cachemgr.cgi (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/15/2019
Created
11/06/2020
Added
11/05/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

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)

  • redhat-upgrade-libecap
  • redhat-upgrade-libecap-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libecap-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-libecap-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-squid
  • redhat-upgrade-squid-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-squid-debugsource

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