MGASA-2021-0499

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    MGASA-2021-0499

    Published: 31 Oct 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-28116

    Summary: Updated squid packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated squid packages fix security vulnerability: Squid through 4.14 and 5.x through 5.0.5, in some configurations, allows information disclosure because of an out-of-bounds read in WCCP protocol data. This can be leveraged as part of a chain for remote code execution as nobody (CVE-2021-28116). Squid is updated to 4.17 that fixes this issue and other bugs.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0499.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29524, https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-rgf3-9v3p-qp82, https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/3896e584d7eeb321d7becbcedec872ffa868dd87, https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/874e8b4ca0342a1c399ddadc1cf6998590fa46a6

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/squid?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.17-1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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