CVE-2018-1000027
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.129 · 96 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Squid Software Foundation Squid HTTP Caching Proxy version prior to version 4.0.23 contains a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in HTTP Response X-Forwarded-For header processing that can result in Denial of Service to all clients of the proxy. This attack appear to be exploitable via Remote HTTP server responding with an X-Forwarded-For header to certain types of HTTP request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 4.0.23 and later.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing this update, the squid service will be restarted automatically.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1068 - Workaroundsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
- Workaroundsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-15.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
A workaround for this issue is to set the "log_uses_indirect_client off" configuration directive in the squid configuration file (for example /etc/squid/squid.conf).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (37)
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advisories (1)
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- RHSA-2020:1068Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security and bug fix update2020-03-31csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for squid is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. [Updated 22 October 2020] This update was found to introduce a bug in cachemgr.cgi that could prevent access to the cache manager. This is not a security regression. The fix is being tracked in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890581
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references (30)
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- http://www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2018_2.txtcnnvd
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3.5/changesets/SQUID-2018_2.patchcnnvd
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/SQUID-2018_2.patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/129/filescnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153676/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4059-2.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170190/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-5771-1.htmlcnnvd
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