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squid, squid3 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- squid, squid3
- Affected versions
- 3.3.8-1ubuntu16, 3.3.8-1ubuntu17, 3.5.12-1ubuntu6, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.1, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.10, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.11, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.12, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.13, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.14, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.15, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm1, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm2, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm3, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm4, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm5, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm6, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm7, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.2, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.3, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.4, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.5, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.6, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.7, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.8, 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.9, 3.5.23-5ubuntu1, 3.5.23-5ubuntu2, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.1, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.10, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.2, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.3, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.4, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.5, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.6, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.7, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.8, 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.9, 4.10-1ubuntu1, 4.10-1ubuntu1.1, 4.10-1ubuntu1.2, 4.10-1ubuntu1.3, 4.8-1ubuntu2, 4.8-1ubuntu3, 4.9-2ubuntu1, 4.9-2ubuntu2, 4.9-2ubuntu3, 4.9-2ubuntu4
- Fixed versions
- 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11, 4.10-1ubuntu1.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-28652
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28652
squid3
Fixed versions: Not specified
squid3
Fixed versions: 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.11
squid
Fixed versions: 4.10-1ubuntu1.4
Complete source record
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