CVE-2018-1172

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-04-18
CWE:
CWE-476
Bugzilla:
1569424: CVE-2018-1172 squid: Incorrect pointer handling when processing ESI responses allows denial of service
it was found that Squid, when used as a reverse proxy, did not handle ESI responses properly. A malicious web server could use this flaw to crash Squid.

Find out more about CVE-2018-1172 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of squid and squid34 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 squid Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 squid34 Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 squid Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 squid Not affected

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