Squid DoS via Premature Resource Release Fixed in 6.10
CVE-2024-45802 Published on October 28, 2024
Squid Denial of Service
Squid is an open source caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. Due to Input Validation, Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime, and Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime bugs, Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks by a trusted server against all clients using the proxy. This bug is fixed in the default build configuration of Squid version 6.10.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-45802 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-45802
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Affected Versions
squid-cache squid:- Version >= 3.0, < 6.10 is affected.
- Version 3.0 and below 6.10 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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