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Red Hat: CVE-2020-8450: Buffer overflow in reverse-proxy configurations (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-8450: Buffer overflow in reverse-proxy configurations (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/04/2020
Created
10/01/2020
Added
10/01/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.10. Due to incorrect buffer management, a remote client can cause a buffer overflow in a Squid instance acting as a reverse proxy.

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
  • redhat-upgrade-squid-migration-script
  • redhat-upgrade-squid-sysvinit

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