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Squid Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Vulnerability (CVE-2021-28662)

Description

An issue was discovered in Squid 4.x before 4.15 and 5.x before 5.0.6. If a remote server sends a certain response header over HTTP or HTTPS, there is a denial of service. This header can plausibly occur in benign network traffic.

Remediation

References

CVE-2021-28662

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2021-28662 CWE-116 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Tags

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