USN-8941-1

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    USN-8941-1

    Published: 20 Oct 2026Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary: squid, squid3 vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain HTTP Transfer- Encoding headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks, bypass security mechanisms, or poison web caches. (CVE-2026-61642) It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain cache digest replies, which could lead to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-50012) It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled parsing certain FTP directory listings. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-47729) It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain ICP traffic. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Squid to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-32748, CVE-2026-33526) It was discovered that Squid incorrectly handled certain ICP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-33515)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squid3

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/squid3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.5.12-1ubuntu7.16+esm7

    Affected versions

    3.3.8-1ubuntu16
    3.3.8-1ubuntu17

    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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