Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2019· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2019-12854
CVE-2019-12854
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.
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Affected products
9- Squid/cachemgr.cgidescription
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/libecappkg:rpm/almalinux/libecap-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1
< 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9-lp150.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9-lp151.2.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.16-1.5
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9-5.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9-5.11.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4507mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_1.txtmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-2981a957716c61ff7e21eee1d7d6eb5a237e466d.patchmitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPXN2CLAGN5QSQBTOV5IGVLDOQSRFNTZ/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/42mitremailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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