Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-28652
CVE-2021-28652
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.
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Affected products
30cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords23 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/almalinux/libecap-develpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/opensuse/squid&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/squid&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/almalinux/libecappkg:rpm/almalinux/squid
< 4.15-5.26.1+ 22 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.16-1.5
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-4.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-lp152.2.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-4.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.15-5.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.1-2.module_el8.6.0+2741+01592ae8
- (no CPE)range: < 7:4.15-3.module_el8.6.0+3010+383bc947.1
- Squid/Squiddescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-m47m-9hvw-7447nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/14nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/11/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00014.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4924nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LSQ3U54ZCNXR44QRPW3AV2VCS6K3TKCF/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4EPIWUZDJAXADDHVOPKRBTQHPBR6H66/nvd
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