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SUSE: CVE-2018-1172: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-1172: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/02/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/03/2018
Modified
08/11/2021

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to deny service on vulnerable installations of The Squid Software Foundation Squid 3.5.27-20180318. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within ClientRequestContext::sslBumpAccessCheck(). A crafted request can trigger the dereference of a null pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition to users of the system. Was ZDI-CAN-6088.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-squid
  • suse-upgrade-squid3

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:1122-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1365-1
  • CVE-2018-1172

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