vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-28652: CVE-2021-28652 squid: denial of service issue in Cache Manager (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 27, 2021 | Nov 10, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 27, 2021
Added
Nov 10, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in Squid before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. Due to incorrect parser validation, it allows a Denial of Service attack against the Cache Manager API. This allows a trusted client to trigger memory leaks that. over time, lead to a Denial of Service via an unspecified short query string. This attack is limited to clients with Cache Manager API access privilege.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-libecapredhat-upgrade-libecap-debuginforedhat-upgrade-libecap-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-libecap-develredhat-upgrade-squidredhat-upgrade-squid-debuginforedhat-upgrade-squid-debugsource
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