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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2024-37894 EUVD-2024-36874

Squid vulnerable to heap corruption in ESI assign

Published Jun 25, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to an Out-of-bounds Write error when assigning ESI variables, Squid is susceptible to a Memory Corruption error. This error can lead to a Denial of Service attack.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
squid-cache squid >= 3.0, <= 3.5.28, >= 4.0, <= 4.16, >= 5.0, <= 5.9, >= 6.0, <= 6.9 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 squid 6.10-1 —
Debian 13 squid 6.10-1 —
Debian 12 squid 5.7-2+deb12u2 DSA-5751-1
Debian 11 squid 4.13-10+deb11u4 DLA-4083-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS squid 6.6-1ubuntu5.1 USN-6907-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS squid 5.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 USN-6907-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS squid 4.10-1ubuntu1.13 USN-6907-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS squid3 3.5.27-1ubuntu1.14+esm3 USN-6907-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS squid3 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm4 USN-6907-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 squid 7:5.5-13.el9_4 RHSA-2024:4861
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.2 EUS squid 7:5.5-5.el9_2.7 RHSA-2024:5906

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 squid 7:5.5-13.el9_4 ALSA-2024:4861

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 9 squid 7:5.5-13.el9_4 RLSA-2024:4861
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 squid 6.10-150600.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2268-1
SLES 15 SP5 squid 5.7-150400.3.32.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2269-1
SLES 15 SP3 squid 4.17-150000.5.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03521-1
SLES 12 SP5 squid 4.17-4.50.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2270-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 squid 4.17-150000.5.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03521-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 squid 4.17-4.50.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2270-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 squid 4.17-150000.5.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03521-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 squid 4.17-150000.5.55.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03521-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed squid 6.10-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14080-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 squid 6.10-150600.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2268-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 squid 5.7-150400.3.32.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2269-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 squid 7:6.6-1.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2024-687
Amazon Linux 2 squid +2 7:3.5.20-17.amzn2.7.21 ALAS2-2024-2609

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) squid No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 squid 7:5.5-13.el9_4 ELSA-2024-4861

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