CVE-2020-15049
mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.057 · 93 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in http/ContentLengthInterpreter.cc in Squid before 4.12 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A Request Smuggling and Poisoning attack can succeed against the HTTP cache. The client sends an HTTP request with a Content-Length header containing "+\ "-" or an uncommon shell whitespace character prefix to the length field-value.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-debuginfo-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-migration-script-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082 - Fixedsquid-sysvinit-7:3.5.20-17.el7_9.4.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-2020:4082
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–critical · 6.5–9.9
weaknesses
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affected products (48)
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advisories (1)
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- RHSA-2020:4082Red Hat Security Advisory: squid security update2020-09-30csaf · 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 Important. 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.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (48)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00012.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00017.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/changesets/squid-4-ea12a34d338b962707d5078d6d1fc7c6eb119a22.patchcnnvd
- http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v5/changesets/squid-5-485c9a7bb1bba88754e07ad0094647ea57a6eb8d.patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/security/advisories/GHSA-qf3v-rc95-96j5cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00005.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3RG5FGSTCAYVIJPJHIY3MRZ7NFT6HDO7/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15049cnnvd
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