High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
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
18- Squid/cachemgr.cgidescription
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/almalinux/libecappkg:rpm/almalinux/libecap-develpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1
< 4.16-1.5+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.16-1.5
- (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: < 4.9-5.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9-5.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9-lp150.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9-lp151.2.7.1
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-2981a957716c61ff7e21eee1d7d6eb5a237e466d.patchnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00053.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00056.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2019_1.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/42nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4213-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4507nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPXN2CLAGN5QSQBTOV5IGVLDOQSRFNTZ/nvd
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