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Critical USN-4551-1 4 CVEs

squid3 vulnerabilities

Published Sep 28, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Alex Rousskov and Amit Klein discovered that Squid incorrectly handled
certain Content-Length headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack, resulting in cache
poisoning. (CVE-2020-15049)

Amit Klein discovered that Squid incorrectly validated certain data. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request
smuggling attack, resulting in cache poisoning. (CVE-2020-15810)

Régis Leroy discovered that Squid incorrectly validated certain data. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request
splitting attack, resulting in cache poisoning. (CVE-2020-15811)

Lubos Uhliarik discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain Cache
Digest response messages sent by trusted peers. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause Squid to consume resources, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2020-24606)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS squid3 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.15
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS squid3 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.9

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15049
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15810
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15811
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24606