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CVE-2018-1172

N/A
Published: May 16, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:50 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSquidCache Squid

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%

Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to deny service on vulnerable installations of The Squid Software Foundation Squid 3.5.27-20180318. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within ClientRequestContext::sslBumpAccessCheck(). A crafted request can trigger the dereference of a null pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition to users of the system. Was ZDI-CAN-6088.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2018_3.txt
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-18-309

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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